Analysis of "She Didn't Mean to Do It"

In "She Didn't Mean to Do It," Daisy Fried uses a depressed tone and euphemisms to describe the reason for someone doing something they later regret. The author writes, "Certain thrills stay tucked in your limbs/ go no further than your fingers, move your legs through their paces/ but no more," which is a euphemism for doing something thrilling or pleasurable that is fine in the moment but after, they person who did it will regret it when the memory fades. The author also says, "But oh, she was sad, she was just sad, sad,/ and she didn't mean to do it," which provides a reason for someone doing something they regret. A person may act in emotions and then live to regret it after those specific emotions are gone.