Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1320 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Clock as Structure
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The idea
The speech is organised by an hour passing. It begins as the clock strikes and will end when it strikes again, so its structure is imposed from outside the speaker. Unit nine called that a poem's argument; here the argument is being overtaken by a deadline.
In practice
The structure is a deadline.
Where people slip
Imposed from outside the speaker.
Your place on the trail
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