People Etcetera by Elma Mitchell 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteraturePoetryIGCSECIE Created by: kennedylilyCreated on: 21-12-15 11:59 Stanza 1 'People' - repetition -> anaphora (repetition at start of each stanza) About a fat person 'Happy' - metaphor, personification 'Like a bowl of porridge' - simile Sense of touch 4 lines 1 of 7 Stanza 2 'like birds' - simile for comparison 'birds', 'words' - rhyming couplet 'pigeons.' - enjambement Sense of sight 5 lines 2 of 7 Stanza 3 'smell', 'Chanel' - rhyming couplet 'Leathery, heathery' - rhyme 'Leathery, heathery, culinary or Chanel' - asyndetic list Sense of smell 4 lines 3 of 7 Stanza 4 'Crisp and soft and tepid' - syndetic list 'Acrid as truth' - simile, acrid: hard to swallow -> contradicts the previous statements, truth is harsh, demonstrates thhat people are different Sense of taste 5 lines 4 of 7 Stanza 5 'Hand following hand' - repetition -> emphasis, drawing what you see No particular sense other than sight again 6 lines 5 of 7 Stanza 6 'people are easy to write about?' - rhetorical question, doesn't fit the pattern of the other stazas 'Don't say it.' - imperative ->commanding Length of the last 4 lines tapers of to mirror what the words are saying No senses 6 lines 6 of 7 Whole Poem Free verse -> diversity of people There's not much to say about this poem. :/ 7 of 7
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