Both poems are well written love poems that have similar subjects (love) but differ dramatically because of their structures, meaning, and literary devices. ... Another literary device in On My First Son is words. ... After comparing both poems one can see that though their subjects are similar each poem's structure, meaning and literary devices are not the same. ...
There are a lot of literary devices used in this poem. ... This poem doesn't have a lot of literary devices. ... Angelou uses literary devises like similes in the phrase, "He's so much like his daddy when he cries" (Angelou 18). ...
Cummings uses such literary devices as symbolism, imagery, allusion, and syntax to show that the speaker of the poem has just experienced a rebirth.The speaker is thanking God for allowing him to see life in a new light and to be reborn again for a fresh start.By using these various literary devices, Cummings is able to show the extreme gratefulness the speaker in the poem feels because he has found a new outlook on life. ...
Analysis of figures of Speech and Poetic Devices. ... The dominant poetic device is its metrical system. ... The writer uses a poetic device known as polysyndeton to conjoin phrases in close succession in line 29 and 30, ("And your quaint honor turns to dust, And into ashes all my lust....
In lines 1-2, Duffy presents somewhat of a literary crescendo. ... The device could be interpreted to reaffirm the preceding line that "[he/she] [is] everywhere", even in the hollow spaces that are interwoven in the poem. ... Duffy is world-renowned for her skilful intermeshing of intertextuality in her literary works, and, in this specific poem, we can assume that she alludes to Vincent Van Gogh's painting: "Starry Night". ...
