Persona An old person Do not want just to die in general/ too simple Enjoy life in old age evidence:

nce: line 1-5 The persona could be the poet because of Roger Mc Goughs age and express the same feeling about death

Tone Persuasive in line 1Let me die a young mans death Humorous in line 4 hope to heaven no 7 eleven Energetic in lines 14-16 may I be sitting pretty in the backseat of that red Camaro my mistress likes

Theme Dealing with death The persona has his ways on how to deal with death hope to die with everything-with honourable and energy (like a youth) Evidence: may I be sitting pretty in the backseat of that red Camaro my mistress likes in lines 14-16

Literary devices Repetition-Let me die a young mans death in line 1 and 24 Oxymoron- Hiccup death in line 5 Metaphor- worms death in line 28 Alliteration of s- my mistress likes in line 16 Imagery of sight- lightning strikes in line 17

Symbols Red Camaro in line15 symbolises youth. It gives us a sense of energy and sporty. Syringe in line 11 symbolises illness. Casket in line 25 symbolises death. Rhyme scheme: a, b, a, c Use of old-fashioned word like lunatic in the line 10 It shows that the persona is kind of very old person