The speaker is clearly annoyed by the way her sister talks, and often finds herself wanting her to stop talking so much even though she knows it is futile. Magarrell implies that the speaker takes every opportunity she can to get her sister to stop talking, even if it is only for a little while. Similarly, the author suggests that the speaker’s brother does not have much of a personality. Like the previous stanza, the speaker states that she is cooking her brother’s heart. Magarrell writes, “I will have my brother’s heart, / which is firm and rather dry, / slow cooked” (9-11). This is a metaphor for her brother’s personality, implying that he is likely stiff and cold-hearted, lacking any interesting traits or empathy. When Magarrell writes, It resembles
The speaker is clearly annoyed by the way her sister talks, and often finds herself wanting her to stop talking so much even though she knows it is futile. Magarrell implies that the speaker takes every opportunity she can to get her sister to stop talking, even if it is only for a little while. Similarly, the author suggests that the speaker’s brother does not have much of a personality. Like the previous stanza, the speaker states that she is cooking her brother’s heart. Magarrell writes, “I will have my brother’s heart, / which is firm and rather dry, / slow cooked” (9-11). This is a metaphor for her brother’s personality, implying that he is likely stiff and cold-hearted, lacking any interesting traits or empathy. When Magarrell writes, It resembles