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 structure is one of the techniques that Atwood uses to capture the reader. ... In stanza four she begins to make a deal with the reader, another technique of persuasion. ... Along with the actual content of the "Siren Song," the various techniques in the structure of the poem persuade the reader into t...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Using the dramatic monologue narrative, Browning gives us a psychological insight into the narrator's mind, and also allows us get an unusual understanding behind his gruesome act of murder. ... Browning was especially known for his dramatic monologues that allowed him to develop techniques that played a big role in poetry. Some of those techniques were his use of diction, rhythm, and symbol. ...

• Word Count: 1455
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School