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Sara Teasdale Stars Figurative Language

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The poem”Stars” by Sara Teasdale was a poem that drew me in. I immediately shared Teasdale 's perspective on the stars. The title, “Stars” made me think about how many stars are in the sky and reminded me of when I go camping with my dad and we go to the observatory to look at stars, therefore giving me a happy connotation. It made me wonder whether the poem would be about physical stars or if it was going to be about metaphorical stars.
My paraphrase of the poem is: Alone in the woods at night, I look up at the beautiful stars. Countless amounts that will not go away, they stand still in the sky, and I am extremely lucky to see all of this beauty. There is lots of figurative language and sound devices in this poem. The figurative language
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