The use of poetic devices by John Murillo assists in creating a theme for the poem. A few of the poetic devices used in the poem are repetition and alliteration. Repetition can be found throughout the entire poem. For example, during lines 22 - 23, the author states, "My father’s dusty / wax My father’s dust / got reasons" giving an impression that something about his father holds a significant factor to the poem's theme. The words "my father" are etched into the readers' minds with the use of repetition. Repetition plays the role of psychology as it repeats certain words or phrases to engrave questions and ideas into the readers' minds. Similarly, another instance of repetition can be found in the final lines of the poem, from line 42 - 44.
He not only uses alliteration as in “dripping dusk and drizzling dawn,” he also uses assonance, the repetition of vowel sounds, in “sludge and mud.” This repetition of sounds adds a new dimension to the descriptions. It not only creates a picture in the mind, it also creates harmony in the
There are many poems with repetition in it including “The Charge of the Light Brigade”. The repetition shows how important something is there are many examples of this in the poem. One of many examples is the repetition of,” Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them..” This shows how they were surrounded and had no chance. Another example of this is,”Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell.”
Furthermore the use of figurative language grabbed the reader's attention while demonstrating the importance of the power of words. The poem was short with three verses yet it was one of the impactful poems of the book. The words used were dark but significant which ended up making the readers relate back to their own life and makes them dive into similar feelings they have had. Power was shown through deep, sharp and cutting verses about loneliness. This specific theme was important to the book because without it people wouldn't be able to truly relate back to the
The title of the poem foreshadows the content that the poem contains. “Echo” tells the readers that there will be a repetition of thoughts. The reader can also tell
“On the Subway” by Sharon Olds is used to describe the racial aggression during the 1950’s through 1980’s. The author use literary devices such as imagery, symbolism, and theme to describe the situation on the subway with the the man and woman on it. This literary device is used to give us an image of the scene. Such as “He’s wearing red and has big feet.” and “ He is black and I’m white”.
They put on their clothes as another part of their routine, but the putting things away adds to this clutter element we see towards the end of the poem. They continue to save pieces of their lives to hold close and remember. “And remembering …/ Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,” (Line 9-10) provides two instances of repetition. The first is the word “remembering”.
Love is a task that can never be completely understood. No one knows how it happens. But everyone knows that it comes just as easily as air through an open window.
I argue the speaker of the poem is reminded of an earlier time in their life living with their father and yearns for that sense of belonging and now does not
Encouraging the reader to make connections between the contrasting settings in the poem. Dowling's repetition of AND is very effective because it makes the reader feel the anxiety as he does not experience pauses in the
The poem is divided into three stanzas, each one establishing its own uniqueness. It makes it easier for the reader to interpret the meaning of the poem
Repetition is a strategy used to attract a person 's thoughtfulness regarding a sure thought. Consider school. On the off chance that an instructor needs to express what is on her mind, is she going to say it once? No, she is going to repeat it various times so it starts to sink in. The same works with the repeated verses in this epic.
Repetition is when the author of a poem uses a line multiple times in a poem. This is accomplished in “The Song of Mud” Borden repeats the line “This is the song of mud.” The author uses this line to help the readers understand more about the mud and its characteristics. The last literary device the author used was personification. Personification is when you give human like characteristics to an inanimate object.
The term “remember” runs, like a refrain throughout the sonnet. However, its power seems to decrease through the poem, rather as if the voice and memory of the speaker is fading from life. The word “remember” is repeated six times within the poem, which expresses the desire of a speaker whose hope is that her lover, will keep her memory alive beyond death. The repeated use of “remember” and “remember me” indicate the strength of the speaker’s desire to not be forgotten, although this forceful plea is relaxed at the end of the poem when the speaker acknowledges that the happiness of her beloved is ultimately the most important thing. This is the general message of the poem, the happiness of others are ultimately more important than keeping the memory of a loved one alive as it will inevitably pain you too much to do.
(this can be seen in the sixth and seventh stanzas). The family theme is quite an important one in both of the poems as they
's use of repetition allows the word “remember” to run throughout the poem, like a refrain, and seems as if the power decreases as the poem