Buzz Saw Poem

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The other question I have after read this poem is that what the purpose of the front part of the poem is. Just for background or illustration? After a few minutes, I could consider their purpose and then called the high school literature classes to mind. There is a reason for everything and everything in the literature is necessary to design. For example, the buzz saw establishes itself as a presence in the very first line, snarling and rattling away. The harsh sounds are repeated twice in line seven. It is an implication that the buzz saw leaps the boy 's hand and takes it in one bite, "As if to prove saws knew what supper meant." The presence of the saw is inimical, bestial, but a presence of power, embodying the forces that may well do us