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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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  1. This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Metaphor: ‘star of earth’ refers to tomatoes in this poem. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘butter dishes/ butter saltcellars’, and ‘cool completeness’. Imagery: Throughout the poem, vivid visual imagery had been empRead more

    This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows:

    • Metaphor: ‘star of earth’ refers to tomatoes in this poem.
    • Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘butter dishes/ butter saltcellars’, and ‘cool completeness’.
    • Imagery: Throughout the poem, vivid visual imagery had been employed. An example would be ‘the knife/sinks/into living flesh/red/viscera’. 

     

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  1. The central idea of this poem is tomatoes. As can be seen from the title, the poem revolves around tomatoes, using it to reveal the strained relationship between two enemy nations.   Ode To Tomatoes Summary 

    The central idea of this poem is tomatoes. As can be seen from the title, the poem revolves around tomatoes, using it to reveal the strained relationship between two enemy nations.

     

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  1. This poem is in the form of an ode that praises tomatoes. The lines of the poem are encompassed in a single stanza. Written in free verse, it does not follow a rhyme scheme.   Ode to Tomatoes Summary

    This poem is in the form of an ode that praises tomatoes. The lines of the poem are encompassed in a single stanza. Written in free verse, it does not follow a rhyme scheme.

     

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