Following literary devices have been used in the poem, “John Brown”:- 1. Alliteration:- it is the occurrence of of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. In this poem it is seen when the poet says “…to fight in a foreign shore” or “He stood straight.” 2. ReRead more
Following literary devices have been used in the poem, “John Brown”:-
1. Alliteration:- it is the occurrence of of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. In this poem it is seen when the poet says “…to fight in a foreign shore” or “He stood straight.”
2. Repetition:- it is used to repeat the same words or phrases to emphasize an idea. For example, “Oh, lord, not even recognize his face!”
3. Irony:- it is the expression of one’s language that normally signifies the opposite meaning. Irony is prevalent throughout the poem. It is ironical to see John Brown’s mom glorifying war when she was sending her son their, with no notion of whether she was going to see her son again or not.
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John Brown’s mother couldn’t recognize his own son, once he came back, because John Brown’s face was all shot up and his hand was all blown off. He wore a metal brace around his waist to support himself and even “whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know.” He was beyond recognizable in hisRead more
John Brown’s mother couldn’t recognize his own son, once he came back, because John Brown’s face was all shot up and his hand was all blown off. He wore a metal brace around his waist to support himself and even “whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know.” He was beyond recognizable in his dilapidated stature.
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