A Princess?

     I really just enjoyed most of these poems.  Hazel Tells LaVerne by Katharyn Howd Machan was pretty funny but also sad.  I think that there was indirect characterization in this poem.  Through the speakers speech and grammar I could conclude that the speaker was probably from the south and not very educated which led me to think that the speaker was also a black American.  During that time period, the people that were usually not educated were the minorities and some others.  I also knew that the speaker was a black American because he/she said "im cleanin out my howard johnsons ladies room" (Machan).  This made me think that the speaker was a maid and worked for someone else.  All of this helped me to understand why the speaker was so upset when the toad said that she could be a princess. She knew that because of her race she would never be anything.  She had identity issues and I could see that through her words and actions.