Eyes Fastened With Pins Rhetorical Devices

{I can’t think of a dang introduction sentence for the life of me. Good thing this is a rough draft]. Together with four classmates in my English class, I created an anthology of five poems on the theme of death. The authors within the anthology include Bill Knott, Dusan “Charles” Simic, Donald Justice, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Kathleen Ossip. My favorite poem in the anthology is “Eyes Fastened With Pins” by Dusan “Charles” Simic, as it is well written, with the use of rhetorical devices and personal experience, to ultimately convey his belief that death is inevitable, no more or less special for anyone in particular. Personification is one of the main rhetorical devices Simic uses in this piece. With it, he ironically gives the term “death” life, giving it emotions and

He uses words such as: bad, wrong, long, little, and strange. These all add to the melancholy tone, all while aiding to the idea that death is a friend in a way. With this, death feels depressing, but still very important to humans. Lastly, Simic compares death to his times in the war. He was drafted into the United States military at a young age to serve in World War II, and everyone who came back from World War II spoke of how horribly depressing it was, so it is safe to assume that Simic had a similar experience during his time serving. His time serving gave him a greater appreciation for life, which most take for granted, and I think this is portrayed throughout the poem when he argues that death is something to be unafraid of, very similar to how he was made to feel about death. All in all, Dusan “Charles” Simic is able to incorporate his personal experiences and use of rhetorical devices to strengthen his theme of death being inevitable. He does this with a morose tone, but does so in a way that makes death seem blissful, and not something to be afraid