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  1. This poetry serves as a reminder to enjoy life. A juggler is employed as a parallel for the kind of changes one needs in life in Richard Wilbur's beautiful and inventive poem "The Juggler."   The Juggler Summary

    This poetry serves as a reminder to enjoy life. A juggler is employed as a parallel for the kind of changes one needs in life in Richard Wilbur’s beautiful and inventive poem “The Juggler.”

     

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  1. Richard Wilbur's poem "The Juggler" has five stanzas and is composed of sestets, which are clusters of six lines. These sestets have an 'abcbac' rhyme scheme.   The Juggler Summary

    Richard Wilbur’s poem “The Juggler” has five stanzas and is composed of sestets, which are clusters of six lines. These sestets have an ‘abcbac’ rhyme scheme.

     

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  1. According to the poem, people develop a sense of complacency, weariness, and boredom throughout their lives. They disregard the value of life. To wake up and remember that things might change, one needs moments like the one the poem describes. The red balls, followed by the table, broom, and dish, aRead more

    According to the poem, people develop a sense of complacency, weariness, and boredom throughout their lives. They disregard the value of life. To wake up and remember that things might change, one needs moments like the one the poem describes. The red balls, followed by the table, broom, and dish, are kept in the air by the juggler to achieve this.

     

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