What are the poetic devices used in the poem Evolution?
What are the poetic devices used in the poem Evolution?
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Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
Buffalo Bill opens a pawn shop on the reservation
right across the border from
television sets, a VCR, a full-length beaded buckskin outfit
it took Inez Muse 12 years to finish. Buffalo Bill
closes up the pawn shop, paints a new sign over the old
Repetition is a literary device where a certain word or phrase is repeated multiple times to emphasise the word or to create a rhythm.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
thumbs for last, they pawn
their skeletons, falling endlessly from the skin
and when the last Indian has pawned everything
but his heart, Buffalo Bill takes that for twenty bucks
Here, the term “pawn” is repeated throughout the poem. It is used to emphasise the idea of pawning their identities.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
closes up the pawn shop, paints a new sign over the old
calls his venture THE MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES
charges the Indians five bucks a head to enter.
Here, the person Buffalo Bill who exploited the culture and possession of Native people of America through his pawn shop,closed his shop. Later, he opened a museum to display the possessions of Native people of America. Yet, he charges five bucks from the native people to enter into the museum.
Evolution Summary