The house is a poem written by Matthew Sweeney.

... The House The house is a poem written by Matthew Sweeney. Matthew Sweeney uses many techniques in order to make this poem effective and meaningful. Such techniques include alliteration, tone, certain sounds and a specific choice of words. However, throughout the poem, the poet never tells us his opinion of the house. He only describes it as it is. The poet never tells us whether he likes the house or whether he simply hated the house. He only tells us what it had, what it looked like and that he grew up there. In a way, this is good for the reader because it allows the reader to use his/her imagination and to read the poem carefully and form his/her own opinions on what the boy thought of the house. For example, "The house had a dozen bedrooms, each of them cold and the wind battered the windows..." Again the poet is

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