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QUICKDRAW

By Carol Ann Dufy

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Main themes and context

Shows a onesided account o! someone waitin" !or a #honecall !ro

lo$er%

Shows the #ositi$es and ne"ati$es

Written in &ree 'erse

&our stan(as o! !our lines

)n*am+ment at the end o! e$er stan(a

Semantic ,eld o! westerns and cow+oy ,lms

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I wear the two, the mobile and the landlinephones,like guns, slung from the pockets on myhips. I’m allalone. You ring, quickdraw, your voice a

pelletin my ear, and hear me groan.

Com#arison with awar -showdown.

)n*am+menantici#a

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 You’ve wounded me.Next time, you speak after the tone. I twirl thephone,then squeee the trigger of my tongue, wide ofthe mark.

 You choose your spot, then blast me

Shows the writer/s +eendama"ed +y the

relationshi#

 0on"ue as a

Alliteration o! the -tsound shows hostilit

throu"h the harshnesthe sound

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through the heart.!nd this is love, high noon, calamity, hardliqourin the old "ast #hance saloon. I show themobile

to the sheri$% in my boot, another one’s

 0he climax o! the relationshi#is the #honecall the #oets

waitin" !or

1ast chance !or therelationshi# to wor2

Disaster

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concealed. You text them both at once.I reel.&own on my knees, I fumble for thephone,read the silver bullets of your kiss. 'ake

this (and this ( and this ( and this ( andthis (

Won/t 2now the outcome untilthe con$ersation

Unresol$ed endin"

3xmoron Re#et

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Creation o! a stron" mood

Alliteration s#eeds u# the #ace o! the #oem

Increase in re!erences to war and $iolence throu"h the #oem

Com#arison +etween time #eriods