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    Billy Collins' "coming of age" poetry "On Turning Ten" describes the poet's emotions at the age of ten. The poem "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins is incredibly depressing. The young speaker, who will soon turn ten, talks about how it feels to move from the single digits to the double digits. When hRead more

    Billy Collins’ “coming of age” poetry “On Turning Ten” describes the poet’s emotions at the age of ten. The poem “On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins is incredibly depressing. The young speaker, who will soon turn ten, talks about how it feels to move from the single digits to the double digits. When he considers becoming ten, he feels as if he has a sickness of the soul because he understands the suffering and anguish that undoubtedly await him now that he is an adult. The speaker is told by a close adult, probably his parent, that he is still too young to look back on his youth and that he should instead enjoy it now. The speaker acknowledges that this is impossible because his current perspective on the world differs from his earlier one.

     

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    Simile: A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as. For example, “like I'm coming down with something,” Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. "Chickenpox of the soul," "Mumps of the psychRead more

    1. Simile: A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as. For example, “like I’m coming down with something,”
    2. Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. “Chickenpox of the soul,” “Mumps of the psyche,” and “Mumps of the spirit.” He illustrates the physical and mental changes that occur during adolescence using these metaphors.
    3. Oxymoron: A figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings. In “beautiful complexity,” the poet uses an oxymoron, and “two” metaphorically refers to both the real and imaginative selves of the poet.

     

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    Collins writes in free verse and divides the poem into five sections of various lengths. It is written in a stream-of-consciousness style, where the speaker's ideas appear to flow from one to the next even though they are all related to the theme of turning 10.   On turning ten Summary

    Collins writes in free verse and divides the poem into five sections of various lengths. It is written in a stream-of-consciousness style, where the speaker’s ideas appear to flow from one to the next even though they are all related to the theme of turning 10.

     

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