Question

what is the speaker trying to do in this poem"to the doctor who treated the raped baby and who felt such despair"and how this is achieved?Discuss specific instances in the poem to support your answer.

Answer 1

It is raising a note and upholding a certain emotion of disgust to the doctor's behavior. This is achieved by the speaker's tone, use of words and the ethos. Moreover, ethos speaks of the character's credibility or the persuader's credibility of what he or she is asserting and positing, is it strong and bold or just a mere existent elaboration. Thus follows the characteristics on tone, logos and pathos. Ethos is one key to trusting since it presents one's consistency and as a reliable speaker.