In the poem, "Without Title" by Diane Glancy, she uses a combination of metaphorical dialect and auditory imagery to convey the theme of your past is a part of you. A great example of Glancy using metaphorical dialect to express the theme is when she compares the tracks that the car leaves when backing out of the driveway to regular animal tracks. (Glancy, lines 14-15) This dialect helps to support the theme since it talks about how he still thinks about his past even when doing everyday activities. Another example of metaphorical dialect is when she compares the ariel on the back of his car to a bowstring. This helps support the theme that your past is a part of you in the same way as telling us he thinks about his past even when doing simple