Adela Omeragic
College Comp.
Eilerman
05 March 2013
Analyzing Poetry
1.
War Is Kind
Poetic devices used:
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Personification
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Figurative language
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Free verse
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Style
I think this poem means that because you exist, you feel as if the world owes you
something, a favor of some sort. But, in the grand scheme of things, the universe owes
you absolutely nothing. You are just another person in the universe, which is why it has
no obligation to you or anyone else.
Stephen Crane’s pessimistic outlook on the influence of a single human being in
the universe is shown through his use of figurative language, in particular, his use of
personification.
2.
The Farewell
Poetic devices used:
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Imagery
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Connotation
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Figurative language
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Narrative poem
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Onomatopoeia
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Style
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Subject
This poem is about a very naïve subject who, because of listening to others,
downs and dies. I came to this conclusion because in the very first like the author writes,
