Night Waitress by Lynda Hull is a poem that describes the feelings of :: English Literature

shadow Waitress by Lynda Hull is a poem that describes the feelings of a waitress that works the night shift of a diner condemnation of Night WaitressNight Waitress by Lynda Hull is a poem that describes the feelingsof a waitress that works the night shift of a diner. The speakerobviously belongs to a lower social class, in the focusing of income andher occupation. Much like the character in this poem, the speaker inThe lamp chimney Sweeper by William Blake works long, hard hours as achimneysweeper. These devil characters are both related in their ways oflife and their classes in our society. They both make just enoughmoney to get by and often think about what it would be like to be of ahigher class.In Night Waitress the speaker often brings up the thought of feelingof feeling trapped in her private world. She is almost likely going tobe doing what she is now for the rest of her life, unless she wouldcome crossways something else by chance. The poem of the chimneysweeper carrys a young man who is oblige to work to earn money for his family.With working at such a young age and not furthering his education hedoes not contract a very good chance of doing anything else for a living.He did not choose to have this way of life, but is forced by his frugal situation to earn money in any way he can. In the same sense,the waitress probably has not dreamed of fitting a waitress at asmall restaurant.Both of these speakers show signs of yearning to be part of adifferent class. In Night Waitress the speaker makes reference toCadillacs that would roll by factories and refineries, and escape her