Blog 5- Hazel Tells Laverne & Literary Techniques

   In the poem, Hazel Tells Laverne, by Katharyn Howd Machan, the author uses vernacular, no punctuation, and allusions to convey the meaning of the work in it's entirety. For example, the use of vernacular, "..but sohelpmegod he starts talkin,"(Machan) helps the reader understand the narrator to be an uneducated lower class woman. By knowing this, it is easier to understand her confusion and doubt that she'd ever become a princess as the frog has stated she would. The author uses repetition in this phrase, "..me, a princess,"(Machan) to show the unrealistic nature of princesses and fairytales ever happening in real life. This also ties into the author's use of allusions, like her allusions to the Frog Prince. Overall, I believe the poem to be making fun of such stories which center around fairytales and fiction. After all, how many people have happenings like those in fairytales happen to them in real life? I believe that is what the author is getting at. Fairytales dont' just happen to average people, like the narrator in the story.