A Modest Proposal and Other Satires

Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

swift uses language laden with emotion to convey a sarcastic, downright bitter tone. Locate several examples of emotionally charged language in A Modest Proposal. How does this language support Swift's real purpose for writing AMP?

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Swift loves to describe the poverty of Ireland,

It is a melancholy object to walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and all importuning every passenger for an alms.

This begins his satire about Irelands poverty in the face of British injustice.

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