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    The central idea of this poem is oppression. The poem details on how those who are marginalized face not just blatant oppression but the subtle kind as well, how they still do not proclaim their pain to the world and paint a picture of peace and happiness. We wear the mask summary

    The central idea of this poem is oppression. The poem details on how those who are marginalized face not just blatant oppression but the subtle kind as well, how they still do not proclaim their pain to the world and paint a picture of peace and happiness.

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    One stanza of text makes up the entire fifty-one-line poem "The Man with the Saxophone" by Ai. Free verse was used to write the poem. This indicates that there is no set rhyme system or metrical structure present in the lines.   A Man with the Saxophone Poem Summary and Line by Line ExplanationRead more

    One stanza of text makes up the entire fifty-one-line poem “The Man with the Saxophone” by Ai. Free verse was used to write the poem. This indicates that there is no set rhyme system or metrical structure present in the lines.

     

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    Personification: It is the process through which a poet gives an inanimate object a human trait. When the poet speaks to "solitude" as their companion in line twenty, we can see this literary trick in action. Allusion: It can be recognized when the poet refers to a topic unrelated to the text's mateRead more

    1. Personification: It is the process through which a poet gives an inanimate object a human trait. When the poet speaks to “solitude” as their companion in line twenty, we can see this literary trick in action.
    2. Allusion: It can be recognized when the poet refers to a topic unrelated to the text’s material. The poet refers to Buddhist meditation techniques and how, if one just doesn’t “try,” they can empty their mind of thoughts in the first few lines. But as the speaker strolls down Fifth Avenue, this happens to them.
    3. Repetition: “Can you see them in the pot” is repeated throughout the piece. This could be a complete line or stanza, a single word, a phrase, a formal feature, etc. For instance, the poet twice uses the term “don’t” in line 23.
    4. Enjambment: When the poet ends a line before it should end, this is known as enjambment. Take, for instance, the change between lines 35 and 36. Between lines 41 and 42, there is another illustration.

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    Ai's poem "The Man with the Saxophone" is a powerful poem about loneliness and the value of music. The speaker of this poem recounts feeling alone and injected while strolling down Fifth Avenue in New York City in the opening lines. The city is deserted and peaceful. Before running across a man playRead more

    Ai’s poem “The Man with the Saxophone” is a powerful poem about loneliness and the value of music. The speaker of this poem recounts feeling alone and injected while strolling down Fifth Avenue in New York City in the opening lines. The city is deserted and peaceful. Before running across a man playing the saxophone and experiencing a brief moment of connection in the middle of their ongoing loneliness, the speaker is out on the streets contemplating how they would like their life to be different.

     

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    Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line such as the sound of /a/ in “They are dancing and stamping on you” and the sound of /e/ in “I was ten when they buried you”. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between the different objectsRead more

    1. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line such as the sound of /a/ in “They are dancing and stamping on you” and the sound of /e/ in “I was ten when they buried you”.
    2. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between the different objects. The poet has compared her father, husband, and most men, in general with, ‘Black shoe’; ‘Ghastly statue’; ‘Panzer- man’ and ‘Vampire’.
    3. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet describes her father as a train taking her to a concentration camp. For example,

    “An engine, an engine

    Chuffing me off like a Jew.”

     

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    In her poem "Daddy," Sylvia Plath expresses her personal feelings towards her father through passionate and occasionally painful analogies. The speaker of the poem begins by strikingly portraying her father in a variety of ways. He is simultaneously a Nazi, a fascist, a vampire, and the "black shoe"Read more

    In her poem “Daddy,” Sylvia Plath expresses her personal feelings towards her father through passionate and occasionally painful analogies. The speaker of the poem begins by strikingly portraying her father in a variety of ways. He is simultaneously a Nazi, a fascist, a vampire, and the “black shoe” she was imprisoned in. She was trapped by his life both when he was living and ever since he passed away. She is attempting to fight against the way he holds her back and confines her. To get away from her father, she must “murder” him.

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    The second and fourth lines of each stanza in this poem rhyme, adhering to the ABCB rhyme system. However, they don't. Not quite. Words that sound similar but don't quite rhyme are known as "slant rhymes," and Dickinson is renowned for using them. i felt a funeral in my brain summary

    The second and fourth lines of each stanza in this poem rhyme, adhering to the ABCB rhyme system. However, they don’t. Not quite. Words that sound similar but don’t quite rhyme are known as “slant rhymes,” and Dickinson is renowned for using them.

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    Conceit: It is an often unconventional, logically complex, or surprising metaphor whose delights are more intellectual than sensual. The poem's conceit, which appears again throughout, is its most important literary device. The speaker makes a funeral analogy to describe how they are feeling. SimileRead more

    1. Conceit: It is an often unconventional, logically complex, or surprising metaphor whose delights are more intellectual than sensual. The poem’s conceit, which appears again throughout, is its most important literary device. The speaker makes a funeral analogy to describe how they are feeling.
    2. Simile: The subject of the poem is described by comparing it to another object or subject, using ‘as’ or ‘like’. For example, “A Service, like a Drum –“
    3. Alliteration: It is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect. For example, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,”

     

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    The speaker's slide towards lunacy can be seen in the phrase, "I felt a funeral in my brain." Both the speaker and the reader find the poem to be disturbing. The reader can feel the speaker's descent into madness and the fear that most of us feel when we think of going crazy. The speaker suffers theRead more

    The speaker’s slide towards lunacy can be seen in the phrase, “I felt a funeral in my brain.” Both the speaker and the reader find the poem to be disturbing. The reader can feel the speaker’s descent into madness and the fear that most of us feel when we think of going crazy. The speaker suffers the loss of self amid the turmoil of the unconscious.

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