In order for Thoreau to successfully persuade his audience into listening to his incite he uses strong rhetorical and literary devices. ... One of his literary devices that is hidden within the text is his use of simplistic words. ... All these literary tools working together provoke questions from the reader like "Maybe he is on to something". ...

• Word Count: 1001
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" (5-8) The abnormality and eerily calm ambience about this poem is almost deliberate; so when you take a first look it over its' form, structure and language it deftly composes a simplistic poem with nothing out of place – complete with no apparent literary devices that the reader would have trouble comprehending. ...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate