In the poem, Auto Wreck, by Karl Shapiro, Shapiro uses vivid details to display to the reader a disturbing car crash. ... In the first stanza Shapiro uses several different literary devices to make the scene of an accident more effective. ... In stanzas two and three is where I believe the theme of the poem lies. Lastly, in stanza four, Shapiro reinforces the theme of the poem. ... He uses literary devices as well as effective vocabulary to portray the theme to the reader. ...

• Word Count: 616
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In the poem, Auto Wreck, by Karl Shapiro, Shapiro uses vivid details to display to the reader a disturbing car crash. ... In the first stanza Shapiro uses several different literary devices to make the scene of an accident more effective. ... In stanzas two and three is where I believe the theme of the poem lies. Lastly, in stanza four, Shapiro reinforces the theme of the poem. ... He uses literary devices as well as effective vocabulary to portray the theme to the reader. ...

• Word Count: 648
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time" "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick is a poem that can be interpreted in many different ways. ... The stanza and the poem end with the line "you may forever tarry" which is the consequence if a person does not "seize the day". In this poem, Robert Herrick uses literary devices such as metaphor and imagery to convey the theme in the poem. ... "That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer;" more specifically, in this poem the idea of marriage while love and flesh are still young should be heeded or one may ...

• Word Count: 570
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Margaret Atwood lures her audience in the poem "Siren Song" by utilizing many literary devices and techniques, which ultimately trick the reader into thinking that she will reveal something beneficial and the "song that is irresistible" (2-3). ... The genre of the poem is narrative. ... This allows the poem to flow right through. ... The poem is not actually going to be beneficial because the song is the poem. ... At this point in the poem the author has the reader lured into the poem and wants to tease the reader by using "fatal." ...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School