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Use Of Imagery And Metaphors In Clare Harner's Immortality '

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When someone passes away it leaves their beloved in a state a grief and denial. As a loved one in the greiving stages, many want to ease the pain of their loss. By being able to see their departed family in the world everyday allows them to accept their death and pass the mourning stages. Clare Harner the author of “Immortality” incorporates the use of illustrative and detailed imagery along with the clear lattice of metaphors to express that the deceased soul lives on in the world around their loved ones. In “Immortality” Clare Harner highlights both the inclusion of expressive imagery and metaphors to reveal the speakers feeling about her own death. The imagery and metaphors work together to reveal the message of the poem. The first prominent
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