Resum�

Resum�
by Dorothy Parker

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.

Title: I am not sure about what thre title mean because of the "�" at the end of the title but I found it on poetry foundation written like that.

Paraphrase: The authors enumerate all the ways to suicide yourself and the ends saying that you should rather live because in all these ways, something is unpleasnt.

Connotation: There isn't any figurative language in this poem.

Attitude: The tone of the author is sarcastic anf humorous, she is making fun of people who wants to suicide.

Shift: There is a shift between the moment where the author says "You might as well live." because she is telling every way to kill yourself and suddenly it shifts and she says that because of what she said, you should live.