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Hard Rock was an African American man who was known to be tough and “not to take no shit from nobody.” (L 1 & 2) Etheridge Knight uses harsh language and witty slang among other well composed diction in her poem, “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane,” to make an impression on the reader. ...
In the rising action of the poem the reader can see a rather clear image of Hard Rock in their mind. ...
The narrator then tells us that part of Hard Rock’s brain was cut out and that they “shot electricity through the rest.” (L 9 & 10) Knight puts emphasis on “WORD” (L 7 & 14) in two sentences in the second stanza, both declaring that it is only a rumor that Hard Rock has changed.
Approximate Word count = 664
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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