The Use of Irony in Barbara L. Greenbergs The Faithful Wife Essay

The Use of Irony in Barbara L. Greenbergs The Faithful WifeThe Faithful Wife by Barbara L. Greenberg is a fascinating, satirical account of what the speaker would do if she were unfaithful to her husband. Upon the first reading of this meter, I thought the woman in this poem was saying that her husband was unreplaceable and because of that she would never be unfaithful. Also I thought that if she did betray him, she would shoot someone totally different from him, which somehow wouldnt dishonor this great man. However, with perennial reading, my opinion changed. Greenberg did an incredible job of bring out the truth of the situation. She used oral irony to explain how the wife in the poem is actually revealing the relationship she does have with her husband and describing the type of relationship she would like to have.Greenberg uses more formal diction to convey her message in The Faithful Wife. The poem is not written in everyday language. It is missing the colloquial element s of contractions and slang. small-arm it seems to be a conversation anyone could have, it is no...