The Obligation to be Happy

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Across
  1. 2. "Strangled at dawn" is an example of this device.
  2. 5. The thing the speaker must "hoist" on their shoulders, a metaphor for weight.
  3. 8. facial expression that is represented by a "downward tug" on one's mouth
  4. 9. word meaning loyalty, that is used to describe the poets attachment to sadness.
  5. 10. word meaning "involving high effort and difficulty that is burdensome." (Used to describe being happy in the beginning of poem))
Down
  1. 1. word meaning a flaw, representing societies view on those who are not happy.
  2. 3. The poet uses this device when describing “Midas” at the end of the poem.
  3. 4. The speaker believes these things are brief and irrelevant
  4. 6. The reader feels that they are expected to be happy in the same way the ____ rises.
  5. 7. A knapsack filled with _____ (Used to describe the weight of happiness)