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The City Planners
The City Planners
by Margaret Atwood
Thesis Statement: Margaret Atwood's use of structure, specifically free verse, does indeed have an
impact regarding the central message of the poem; however, in comparison to other devices and
language uses employed in the poem, the form itself has only a moderate amount of impact and effect
on the reader.
Arguments: 1. irony, hyperbole, 2. Impact on reader – on their context, global world of eng lit, Pakistan,
suburbia as an idea, Pakistani, or traditional Urdu, Persian,
Conclusion: Summarize
The structure and form of Margaret Atwood’s The City Planners has a moderate impact on mirroring the
disorder of suburban life.