Scott Street Assignment 1

The author incorporates an allusion to Donne's "Canonization", which believe it or not adds significance to the overall meaning of the poem. "Inventing my Parents" is virtually the author's assumption of what her parents were like and how they acted and what they did. By saying that her father is "reciting Donne's 'Canonization'; "For God's sake hold your tongue and let me love,'" she is making the inference that her parents loved each other very much, as "Canonization" says that the character would love his partner even if people disapproved or looked down on his love affair.