fondest, revolted, frightened, moronic, hard, unyielding, resisted, bone-cold, collided, aggressive, starched, irritated, dearness, desirablity, treasure, beautiful, worthy, pearly, traced, poked, twisted, break off, bend, loosen, dying, rusty, cold, stupid, take off, shake out, crack, slit, bleating, clucking
Throughout most of the passage the young child speaks of the doll with vile terms, such as "hard," "unyielding," and "bone-cold." "Bleated," and "clucking," show onomonopeia.
Imagery:
round moronic eyes, pancake face, orangeworms hair, blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned, single-stroked eyebrows, pearly teeth, two piano keys between red bowline lips, turned up nose, glassy blue eyballs, tiny fingers, flat feet, bleat of a dying lamb, icebox door opening on rusty hinges in July
Details:
Christmas, Baby Doll, Remove the cold and stupid eyeball, it would bleat still, "Ahhhhhh," take off the head, shake out the sawdust, crack the back against the brass bed rail, it would bleat still, The gauze back would slit, and I could see the disk with six holes, the secret of the sound, A mere metal roundness.
Language:
Informal (8 or 9 year old girl), standard, no colloqualisms, no dialect
Sentence Structure:
Tone:
Hatred, depressive, anger, annoyance, disdain, curiosity (what makes the doll so treasured?)