Paper 1 Commentary Outline

I. Intro
Thesis - Thomas Hardy, in his poem "The Voice" uses diction and alliteration to convey the speaker's feelings of loss and weakness due to the death of a loved woman.

II. Body 1 - Diction
Topic Sentence - Hardy uses empty diction to show the speaker's feelings of loss as well as the reality of the death of the speaker's loved one.
~Examples: "the voice" "were" "air" "dissolved"

III. Body 2 - Alliteration
Topic Sentence - The use of alliteration in each stanza was made to convey insight to the speaker's feelings on the death of a loved one. In looking at the alliterations, a sense of loss and felt absence are seen at first. The speaker then moves on to reminiscing, want and sadness, weakness, and finally ends the poem in the feeling of pain from his/her loss.

IV. Conclusion
Restated Thesis