In her poem, “My Walk to School,” Andrea Wilson showcases the struggles that individuals who are bullied face everyday at school. Specifically, she reveals the roller coaster of emotions that a experiences during an event of ridicule. Through this, she proclaims that victims of bullying do not get to have a voice in most cases during their state of loneliness causing their struggle of fighting to continue on longer. Wilson depicts this prolonged state of loneliness through her utilization of rhyme to represent the non stop bullying many face, her slow pace to showcase constant ridicule, and her utilization of ellipsis to reveal how many who endure bullying are not always safe.
Wilson uses words that rhyme to showcase how victims endure bullying repeatedly, and how bullying is an ongoing issue. She utilizes specific words to showcase the violence that many students who experience bullying endure: “Fist punch. / Foot crunch. / Hand hit / Mouth spit” (Wilson 1-4). The repetition of the syllables represents the constant bullying and teasing that these victims face, and with words such as punch and hit, it reveals how violent and severe bullying can get. This puts more focus on the
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This is done particularly to bring awareness to the severity of the issue of bullying, and how it can negatively impact someone’s life by showcasing all the grievous emotions that victims of bullying experience. This further intensifies the issue as the poem has the audience generate sympathy for people who endure bullying to encourage them to bring change, and be more aware of bullying. This overall assists the main function of the poem, which is to bring awareness of bullying in order to prevent many future cases of bullying. She accomplishes this through her use of rhyme, her pace of words throughout the poem, and through her usage of