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Examples Of Personification In Prisoner By Maya Angelou

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Have you ever hit a low in your life you never thought you could overcome? In “Prisoner” by Maya Angelou, she feels she cannot get herself out of the mess she is in. She explains her emotions like being trapped in a prison that is impossible to escape. Angelou uses an outstanding variety of poetic elements in this poem such as personification. imagery, and simile. For example, Angelou incorporates personification in her poem to help the reader understand what the speaker is feeling or seeing. This can also give an easier understanding, and convey what point the speaker is trying to get across. The speaker explains the way the sun looks shining on the ground by writing that “Even sunlight dares and trembles through my bars to shimmer dances
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