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Poem is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and
evocative qualities in addition to its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written
independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts as
in poetic drama, rhyme, lyrics, or prose poetry.
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2.1 Hyperbole
2.2 Personification
2.3 Smile
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unalike objects or ideas by connecting them with the words "like" or "as." The
reader can see a similar connection with the verbs resemble, compare and
like. Similes allow an author to emphasize a certain characteristic of an object
by comparing that object to an unrelated object that is an example of that
characteristic.
2.4 Symbolism
2.5 Assonance
Example:
fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks.
2.6 Repetition
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Example:
Pile the bodies high [...] And pile them high [...] And pile them high [...] (from
"Grass," by Carl Sandburg)
There are further kinds of repetition like parallelism, which is the repeating of
a structure.
Example:
Pile the bodies high. Pile the foes high. Pile the allies high. Pile all of them
high. [...] (hypothetical example only)
As lately as to-day.
I know it by the numb look
Such houses have alway.
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The neighbors rustle in and out,
The doctor drives away.
A window opens like a pod,
Abrupt, mechanically;
Based the poem There's Been a Death in the Opposite House we can see
that there are some literary devices identified. There are:
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1. Smile
• Stanza 2, line 3:
1. Symbolism
• Stanza 5, line 3
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And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Based the poem We Wear the Mask we can see that there are some literary
devices identified. There are:
1. Personification:
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• Stanza 1, line 1:
1. Assonance
• Stanza 1, line 2
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of our lives.
She sips
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of her room.
Based the poem Mogul Night Flute-Music we can see that there are some
literary devices identified. There are:
1. Hyperbole
• Stanza 4, line 2
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at the sad soup of sorrow
1. Repetition
The poem deals with death. It talks about a death that occurs in a neighborhood and
how people respond to it. The persona observes that someone has died in the
opposite house. He can sense this by the ‘numb’ look such houses has. There is an
air of gloom surrounding the house. He sees the neighbors entering the house to
pay their last respects. A doctor leaves the house after certifying the person is dead.
Then a window is thrown open suddenly, like a pod. A mattress is thrown out to
prevent any contagious disease from spreading. The children are scared of the
mattress and hurry by quickly.
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Soon, the minister comes to conduct the prayer and funeral rites. He takes
charge of the proceedings and everyone listens to hill. The milliner and the
undertaker arrive later. The undertaker measures the coffin while the milliner makes
a hat for the deceased.
A funeral procession takes place. The hearse is decorated with tassels. The
mourners and pallbearers accompany the hearse in a somber mood. News of the
funeral spreads like wildfire. Everyone in towns talks about it Death is a natural part
of life. It is unavoidable. Death as a normal event in live. It is not something to be
feared.
7.0 CLOSING
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It allows us the expression of one’s emotions in different ways such us through
arts like painting and or sculptures by writings such as poems, novels, biographies,
autobiographies and many others.
However, this is not the reason for them to ignore their learning of poem.
Students should start to appreciate poems even though they will face some difficulty
at first. They simply need to be taught the basic structures and techniques that
underlie this form of literature.
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