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Light In The Daycare Figurative Language

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Children are full of light, energy, and curiosity which I realized during my job at the Flores Family Daycare. In the poem “Light in the Daycare” I utilized numerous structural, literary, and poetic elements to convey my observations from working in a daycare.
In the poem structure and form is utilized to create a poem that emphasizes the message about children and their perspective. The form of this poem is a Villanelle which is characterized by its six stanzas and specific rhyme scheme. This poem utilizes masculine rhyme and the traditional Villanelle rhyme scheme of ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA. Moreover, the masculine rhyme is similar to that of a typical nursery rhyme and conveys the theme of children and their simplistic perspectives of …show more content…

There are multiple types of imagery including; auditory, visual, and tactile. Line 3 utilizes auditory imagery to pull the reader into the setting and remind them of their own childhood. This additionally provides juxtaposition with the auditory imagery in line 15 which shows how loud and energetic children can become. Furthermore, line 14 utilizes visual imagery combined with kinetic imagery to create movement and illustrate the progression of childhood development. To further develop the setting line 15 utilizes tactical imagery to describe the “mysterious slime” of children. The figurative language’s goal was to pull the reader into the daycare as well as emphasizing the symbolism. Light is a major symbol throughout the poem because just as light has different attributes, so do children; it is repeated in lines 5, 7, 11, and 16. The simile in line 5 emphasizes the atmosphere of energy from children while in line 7 it shows how this energy can turn into chaos. This symbol for children is further developed in line 11 and line 16 when it shows how just children are full of warmth and curiosity. Another symbol throughout the poem is time and it’s passing. Time and references to time are repeated in lines 1, 4, 6, 7, 13, 15, 18, and 19. These multiple references to time emphasizes just how quickly childhood passes by and how that time in our lives was a major part of

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