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    Simile- simile is used when the poet directly compares one thing to another by using the words “as” or “like”. In this poem, the poet uses simile when she says “ He says you are like a father to him”. Here the gunman is directly compared to t]a father for the son. Irony - irony is used when what theRead more

    1. Simile- simile is used when the poet directly compares one thing to another by using the words “as” or “like”. In this poem, the poet uses simile when she says “ He says you are like a father to him”. Here the gunman is directly compared to t]a father for the son.
    2. Irony – irony is used when what the poet says is in contradiction to what they actually mean. In this poem, the poet uses irony when she talks about how ironical the situation is that the gunman is like a father to him because a father would never hand his son a weapon of crime and violence.
    3. Allusion – allusion is used when the words or phrases in a poem refer to something else. In this poem the poet uses a lot of biblical allusions. For example “Judas”, “Psalms” and “Absalom”.

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    The central idea is the helplessness of a mother who knows that her son is on the wrong path in life. But she knows she can not save him or make him turn back anymore. She can only watch him get more and more corrupted by the gunman but she can not do anything to stop the events from unfolding. TheRead more

    The central idea is the helplessness of a mother who knows that her son is on the wrong path in life. But she knows she can not save him or make him turn back anymore. She can only watch him get more and more corrupted by the gunman but she can not do anything to stop the events from unfolding.

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    The poem is written in free verse and follows no rhyming pattern. The Woman Speaks to the Man who has Employed her Son Summary

    The poem is written in free verse and follows no rhyming pattern.

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    The central themes of the poem are love and family. The poem explores the mother’s love for her child and his well-being. She has dreams and aspirations for her son, and wishes the best for him. The poem also delves into the themes of death  and violence due to crime and gang formations in the countRead more

    The central themes of the poem are love and family. The poem explores the mother’s love for her child and his well-being. She has dreams and aspirations for her son, and wishes the best for him. The poem also delves into the themes of death  and violence due to crime and gang formations in the country.

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