Her First Ball

Her First Ball

Fairy tale
1. Superficial
2. Opening
  1. 'waltzing lamp-posts'
  2. Constrasts to later message
  3. connotes Cinderella
    1. 'first partner was the cab'
Leila's Nature
1. Inexperienced
  1. 'wisps'
    1. Delicacy/Innocence
    2. double 's'
  2. Preserve moment
    1. 'only the beginning of her last ball'
  3. Childlike
    1. 'more pork'
    2. Sudden, extreme emotions
      1. 'die'
    3. 'rush'
      1. Dynamic
        Unable to control emotions
    4. 'frosted spoon...iced too!'
      1. Exclamation
      2. Image of a girl
2. Excitement
  1. 'hard...to be indifferent to the others!'
    1. Exclamation
  2. 'she tried'
    1. Repeated twice
    2. Struggle to remain composed
  3. 'float'
    1. Dream-like
  4. personified flags
    1. 'talking' 'quivering'
    2. Reflection of Leila
Old Man
1. Contrasts
  1. Conversation
    1. Sensitive
      1. 'your first dance isn't it?'
    2. Realistic
      1. 'before long you'll be sitting up there'
  2. Apperance
    1. 'dusty with French chalk'
      1. Evokes school
        Reality
      2. Diminishes beauty of the night
  3. Movement
    1. 'walked'
      1. Ponderous/cautious
    2. <>'seized' 'flying'
      1. Confident/energetic
2. Mesage
  1. 'Black ebony' (fan)
  2. 'Wisps'
    1. fragile
      1. Foreshadow inevitable decay
        Ironic-used to preserve
  3. forshadowed
    1. Stilted conversations
      1. 'oh quite!'
        Empty exclamation
        Ball is commonplace
      2. 'tiny pause'
  4. 'floated away like a flower that is tossed into a pool'
    1. blossomed
      1. Beauty
        Will decay
      2. Adult-hood
        Independent
        Not Ready
        'begged'
        'sobbed'

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