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Poem Characteristic: III

Poem uses strong verbs and precise nouns

The free birds leaps But a bird that stalks
On the back of the wind Down his narrow cage
And floats downstream Can seldom see trough
Till the currents ends His bars of rage
And dips his wings His wings are clipped and
In the orange sun rays His feet are tied
And dares to claim the sky So he opens his throat to sing
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(cage bird- maya angelou)

Poem characteristic: IV

It employs a variety of types of figurative languages:
➢ Similes
compares two things by saying they are “like” each other; the subject IS LIKE the object. Example:
O my Luve is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve is like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.
A Red, Red Rose (by Robert Burns)

➢ Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by
mentioning another. It compares two things directly without using “like” or “as”; the subject IS the
object. Example:
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all –
“Hope” is the thing with feathers (by Emily Dickinso)

➢ Personification
Personification gives human characteristic to inanimate objects, animals, or ides. It can really affect
the way reader imagine things. Example:
“Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,”
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
“Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”
Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room (by William Blake)
➢ Hyperbole
It is an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes the point. It tends to make the speech ridiculous
or funny. It adds the color and depth to the character. Example:
A hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast;
But thirty thousand to the rest.
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

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