"Hazel Tells LaVerne" by Katharyn Howd Machan - Vernacular

"an i hitsm with my mop an has ta flush." This poem reminds me of our AP Language summer reading book, Their Eyes Were Watching God. The poem is written in the language of the speaker. Clearly, the speaker is either uneducated, from the South, or both. The vernacular gave the speaker an attitude. She wasn't gonna take no "little green pervert"'s sass. The tone from this poem (established by the language) is a realistic and down-to-earth one. The speaker doesn't believe in such a fairy tale. The language made me laugh as I read the poem. If the poem wasn't written in vernacular, the speaker could be anybody, but by the language, the speaker is limited to the above suggestions.