This poem talks about how not all things are suited to everyone. Although the poet greatly admires athletes, he does not wish to take their place. Rather, he is happy to stay a spectator who watches these athletes. He does not wish to force his self to emulate these athletes because he knows that heRead more
This poem talks about how not all things are suited to everyone. Although the poet greatly admires athletes, he does not wish to take their place. Rather, he is happy to stay a spectator who watches these athletes. He does not wish to force his self to emulate these athletes because he knows that he is a born spectator. Therefore, different people are suited to different things, and we must all happily accept it.
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Following poetic devices/literary devices have been used in the poem Confessions of a Born Spectator: Personification- Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. Examples- “limp and bashful spirit”, “Read more
Following poetic devices/literary devices have been used in the poem Confessions of a Born Spectator:
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