Summary Of Wallflowers By Donna Vorreyer

Wallflowers by Donna Vorreyer illustrates one woman’s desire to expand her knowledge of literature.She challenges herself by setting out to use each word that is abandoned in everyday language and literature- “I want to make from for all of them, to be the Ellis Island of diction..” This reveals the overall theme of the poem which is the importance of words.The author truly believes that every word was created for a purpose. The speaker is determined to not only improve her writing but also herself by using uncommon words and diction in her writing.
She describes the unused and abandoned words both as “wide-eyed orphans” and “shy shadows at the high school dance” to symbolize the innocence of the words that have been forgotten. Some words