People don’t tend to spend a lot of time thinking about dirt. However in the poem, “Ode to Dirt” the speaker uses carefully chosen words and figurative language to show the speaker’s attitude toward the dirt. The speaker switches from celebrating dirt to apologizing as she advances through the poem. The poem explores the speaker’s dismissal and admiration for dirt.
Throughout the poem, the speaker uses specific words to spotlight the speaker's changing attitude. In the first line it says “Dear dirt, I am sorry I slighted you.”(line 1) In this context when the speaker uses these words that imply that they are sorry they once disregarded/overlooked the dirt. This further shows that people don't spend much time thinking about dirt. Throughout