Swift's use of gripping details of poverty and his narrator's cool approach towards them create "two opposing points of view" that "alienate the reader, perhaps unconsciously, from a narrator who can view with 'melancholy' detachment a subject that Swift has directed us, rhetorically, to see in a much less detached way.
swˈɪfts jˈuːs ʌv ɡɹˈɪpɪŋ diːtˈeɪlz ʌv pˈɑːvɚɾi ænd hɪz nˈæɹeɪɾɚz kˈuːl ɐpɹˈoʊtʃ təwˈɔːɹdz ðˌɛm kɹiːˈeɪt "tˈuː əpˈoʊzɪŋ pˈɔɪnts ʌv vjˈuː" ðˈæt "ˈeɪliənˌeɪt ðə ɹˈiːdɚ, pɚhˈæps ʌŋkˈɑːnʃəsli, fɹʌm ɐ nˈæɹeɪɾɚ hˌuː kæn vjˈuː wɪð mˈɛləŋkˌɑːli dɪtˈætʃmənt ɐ sˈʌbdʒɛkt ðæt swˈɪft hɐz dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd ˌʌs, ɹɛtˈɔːɹɪkli, tə sˈiː ɪn ɐ mˈʌtʃ lˈɛs dɪtˈætʃt wˈeɪ.