Wallflowers By Donna Vorreyer Analysis

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“Wallflowers” by Donna Vorreyer is a piece that truly makes one ponder over the slightest things the average human being overlooks every day. When one typically hears the word wallflower, one tends to think of those people standing on the wall at a party, just minding their own business. They do not say much, rather they stand around and take in all that is going on around them. It is seldom that they are noticed because they are so quiet and shy that they keep to themselves, but they still hold onto those hopes that the light will shine on them one day. Every person needs at least a bit of attention from someone every once in a while, whether they like to accept the fact or not. Therefore, the moral of the poem is that everyone has a place where they belong in this world; whether it be with those that pretend …show more content…

Where exactly do they go when the sun goes down and they need love? The answer is essentially patience, and waiting to discover where that home is. It may not all come at once, but when it does one will be grateful. The “words” the author redundantly brings up symbolize those people that have yet to find their place not only in society, but also in the world. The author questions, “What happens to the ones that no one speaks?” What happens to those people who have yet to find their way, and who do they run to when they are in need of love? These are all questions that those “wallflowers” have to face in reality when there is no one there for them. They feel a sense of loneliness and when the author refers to those words, she wants to be that place they can call home. When one thinks of those words as people, the author wants to be able to provide those people with the company they have been longing for. Vorreyer wants to be the answer to their problems, and to be able to make them feel significant in the world that seems not to care about

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