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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
How'd
In The Park
By Wislawa Szymborska (a Nobel prize laureate)
-Hey! the little boy wonders,
who's that lady?
-It's a statue of Charity,
something like that,
his mother answers.
-But how'd that lady
get so-o-o-o beat up?
I don't know, she's always
been like that, I think.
The city should do something about it.
Get rid of it, fix it.
Well, don't drag your feet, let's get going.
Is 'd in how'd a shortened form of "would" in the poem above? And if so, does it convey some sort of bewilderment, unpleasant surprise, sort of criticism on the part of the little boy?
By Wislawa Szymborska (a Nobel prize laureate)
-Hey! the little boy wonders,
who's that lady?
-It's a statue of Charity,
something like that,
his mother answers.
-But how'd that lady
get so-o-o-o beat up?
I don't know, she's always
been like that, I think.
The city should do something about it.
Get rid of it, fix it.
Well, don't drag your feet, let's get going.
Is 'd in how'd a shortened form of "would" in the poem above? And if so, does it convey some sort of bewilderment, unpleasant surprise, sort of criticism on the part of the little boy?
Top answer
No.. -But how did that lady get so-o-o-o beat up?
- No..
- -But how did that lady get so-o-o-o beat up?
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CliveNo..-But how did that ladyget so-o-o-o beat up?Ah, I see. Thank you very much for the reply.
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Anonymous-But how'd that lady get so-o-o-o beat up?Is "beat up" an infinitive or past participle in the verse above?
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Clivea past participlestandard English is beaten upThank you for the reply.
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