PLEASE HOLD
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- Please Hold
- Culture
- "Eine ******* Kleine Nachtmusic."
- "And the robot transfers me to himself."
- The poet's situation is familiar and satirised
- Cyclical, perpetual existence. Tedious
- Power
- "Wonderful, says the robot/When I give him my telephone number."
- "This means your call is not important to them"
- The power of technology in the poem makes the reader seem the weakest
- Human kind, despite intelligence, is insignificant
- Change
- "This is the future."
- "Please hold. Please grow old. Please grow cold."
- Transition in society is reflected in the present tense
- life changes but we aren't going anywhere
- FORM
- Repetition
- rhyming of repeated words and lines
- Adds cyclical elements within the poem
- Long stanza length, short lines
- Reflects the tedium of phoning a customer service line
- Adds relatable and satirical tone to poem
- Repetition
- KEY TECHNIQUES
- Expletives
- Repetition
- Enjambment
- Culture
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