“Wit's End” by Daisy Fried

Thesis Statement

Daisy Fried uses Imagery and sensory details in her poem "Wit's End", to emotionally take us through what a father and his daughter are going through.

A poem by Daisy Fried, which sums the way girls in their mid teens and the way they are acting, and how their parents feel towards the situation. The poem shows the changes in people's lives when they reach a certain age.

Explanation

The use of literary devices and figurative speech runs throughout. Rarely used terms such as "pink meniscus," and "Glitter-white chevrons," and alliterations such as "lipstick leaking," and "clown face ...