"i hitsm with my mop an has ta flush the toilet down"
In the poem "Hazel Tells LaVerne" by Katharyn Howd Machan, the dialect that the speaker uses is very peculiar. It is clear that the speaker is either a child or a very uneducated adult. Words like "musta," "ta," and "hitsm" make this claim clear to me. Also, I noticed that this story sounded very familiar, and after reading the questions after the poem, I realized why it did. This poem is a revision of the fairy tale "The Frog Prince." Hazel's language and dialect in the poem reveals her childish personality. She screams when the fish asks to kiss and and then kills it. Her dialect also adds humor to the childish nature of the poem.
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