Identity And Belonging In Those Winter Sundays And I Hear America Singing

Poets and writers use literary devices to illustrate themes. Each poem used in this essay has an underlying theme of identity and belonging, but they also have an overall theme which makes them unique. The poem’s “I'm Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickenson, “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, and “I Hear America Singing” by Walt

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In “I'm Nobody! Who are you?” Emily Dickinson uses capitalization, similes, and hyperbole to illustrate that when things are

End Yellow highlight with note: clarify your theme and do not use second personIn Line 5 she Begin Yellow highlight with note: Do not use says with written textsays End Yellow highlight with note: Do not use says with written text"How dreary- to be -Somebody!"(Dickinson, line 5) the capitalization shows how “Somebody” means a person that is known and relevant. She thinks it is sad and boring to be understood, and known by the public. This poem relates to the overall theme of belonging. She is saying Begin Yellow highlight with note: Do not use second person in formal writingthat when you fit in you end up being repetitive, and that relates to belonging. Dickinson End Yellow highlight with note: Do not use second person in formal writingalso says in line 4 "Don't tell! they'd advertise..." (Dickinson 4). Begin Yellow highlight with note: What is the 'this'?This End Yellow highlight with note: What is the 'this'?shows that she doesn't want their relationship to be public/advertised. Through hyperbole and Begin Yellow highlight with note: Yes, clear conclusion.capitalization, Emily Dickinson conveys that the public is unoriginal End Yellow highlight with note: Yes, clear conclusion.and

He repeats a "c" "b" and "w" sound to illustrate his father's rough way of expressing his emotions. The boy feels "...chronic angers ..." (Hayden, line 9) in his childhood home. Therefore saying he End Yellow highlight with note: explain more about how the sound reflects the meaning.doesn't fit in at his own home. Which relates to the theme of identity and belonging. Hayden soon Begin Yellow highlight with note: Set-up with more contextstates “What did I know,/ what did I know/ of love's austere” (Hayden's, lines 5-6) the repetition End Yellow highlight with note: Set-up with more contextshowing his regret. He regrets taking his father for granted, and not understanding his father's love. When Robert Hayden uses repetition and Begin Yellow highlight with note: add a commaassonance End Yellow highlight with note: add a commait conveys a theme of belonging and that people don't appreciate family