Since Joy is a dishwashing liquid and Cheer and All are laundry detergents, how does the speaker in Randall Jarrell's "Next Day" " [move] from Cheer to Joy, from Joy to All"? Is the dishwashing liquid in the supermarket stocked between brands of laundry detergent? Is the heavy-handed irony more important than accuracy?
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For Jarrell, it is wakening up people, for the reality of their life and culture, that is more important than accuracy or laundry detergents, or even to be ironic.
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