Extract from “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens
IRONY
LEXICAL FIELD OF HUNGER, STARVATIONS AND MISERY
ANAPHORA
The room in which the boys were fed was a large stone hall, with a
copper at one end; out of which the master, dressed in an apron
for the...
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Extract from “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens
IRONY
LEXICAL FIELD OF HUNGER, STARVATIONS AND MISERY
ANAPHORA
The room in which the boys were fed was a large stone hall, with a
copper at one end; out of which the master, dressed in an apron
for the purpose, and assisted by one or two women, ladled the
gruel at mealtimes.
Of this festive composition the boys had one
porringer and no more – except on occasions of public rejoicing
when he had two ounces and a quarter of bread besides.
The bowls
never wanted washing.
The boys polished them with their spoons
again till they shone again; and when they had performed this
operation (which never took very long, the spoons being nearly as
large as the bowls), they would sit staring at the copper, with such
eager eyes, as if they could have devoured the very bricks of
which it was composed; employing themselves meanwhile, in sucking
their fingers most assiduously, with the view of catching up any
stray splashes of gruel tha
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