15. Poetic Devices: A. rhyme scheme: none B. meter: none C. alliteration: soft, silver; bell, beating; bell, breaking; down, dark; light, like; dips, down; tight, tourniquets; sickly, smiles; stubborn, saw slightly D. repetition:“beating, beating”;“floating down”, “dips down”;“rocking, rocking” out red light like an with a bucket douches ponds of as a flower, E. imagery: “Pulsing artery”; “One blood”; “simple blooms”; “stretchers are laid out the mangled lifted” F. personification: none G. parallel structure: is with a throats were were “One still...”, “One bucket...”, “One hangs...”; “Our tight...”, “Our feet bound...”; “And shall is cancer...”, “And spatters...”; “Who die””, “Who innocent” of H. hyperbole: “ponds blood” I. allusions: none J. enjambment: The entire poem uses enjambment. Here is an example from lines 28-30: traffic moves around with care, / But we “The remain, touching a wound / That opens to our richest horror.” bell beating, K. onomatopoeia: “silver beating” convalescents innocent and light like an tight as simple as a L. simile: “like gauche,” “red artery,” “throats tourniquets,” “cancer, flower” stubborn saw of common lanterns are described as husks of M. metaphor: “the sense;” “empty locusts” N. irony: “grim joke” O. oxymoron: “grim joke” P. paradox: none Q. understatement: none R. refrain: none S. symbolism: light
15. Poetic Devices: A. rhyme scheme: none B. meter: none C. alliteration: soft, silver; bell, beating; bell, breaking; down, dark; light, like; dips, down; tight, tourniquets; sickly, smiles; stubborn, saw D. repetition:“beating, beating”;“floating down”, “dips down”;“rocking, slightly rocking” E. imagery: “Pulsing out red light like an artery”; “One with a bucket douches ponds of blood”; “simple as a flower, blooms”; “stretchers are laid out the mangled lifted” F. personification: none G. parallel structure: “One is still...”, “One with a bucket...”, “One hangs...”; “Our throats were tight...”, “Our feet were bound...”; “And cancer...”, “And spatters...”; “Who shall die””, “Who is innocent” H. hyperbole: “ponds of blood” I. allusions: none J. enjambment: The entire poem uses enjambment. Here is an example from lines 28-30: “The traffic moves around with care, / But we remain, touching a wound / That opens to our richest horror.” K. onomatopoeia: “silver bell beating, beating” L. simile: “like convalescents innocent and gauche,” “red light like an artery,” “throats tight as tourniquets,” “cancer, simple as a flower” M. metaphor: “the stubborn saw of common sense;” lanterns are described as “empty husks of locusts” N. irony: “grim joke” O. oxymoron: “grim joke” P. paradox: none Q. understatement: none R. refrain: none S. symbolism: light
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