In Marie Devers' "The Junior Detective", the speaker narrates how she came upon the profession of being a detective. And in her description, she mentions how she stumbled upon <em>"this vocation"</em>, that is, being a detective.
The figurative language that is used in these lines is a simile where the speaker becoming a detective is compared to the process of how detectives solve crimes,<em> "stumbling" </em>upon evidences and declaring a <em>"verdict"</em> at the end of the investigation. Similes are used to compare one thing with a completely different kind, which provides a more detailed image of the thing talked about. And in these lines, her description of how she became a detective is vividly described, allowing the readers to have a proper understanding of the process.
Grandma Elise believes that the garden will bring joy to the others in the future because she believes that the garden will last many years.
She is of the opinion that the garden will be a source of joy to others as it was a source of joy to her even as she believes that the garden will last for many years.
It’s either identity or sadness bc “a women like that is misunderstood” meaning she is probably been rumored about or been judged a lot. “I have been her kind” that’s pretty much the author sharing her pain and it obviously sounds pretty depressing.
