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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Blurry Cow - Chase Twichell
Just asking for some help on annotation this poem from the pro's.
I've got a little bit of a start. But I do needs some more help I can't find very many literary devices, please help.
Also can anyone find a rhyme scheme, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Blurry Cow[/U] - Chase Twichell
Two cows stand transfixed
by a trough of floating leaves,
facing as if into the camera,
black and white. One stamps
at the hot sting of a deerfly.
Seen from the window of a train,
the hoof lifts forever
over hay crosshatched by speed,
and the scales of the haunches
balance. The rest is lost:
the head a sudden slur of light,
the dog loping along the tracks
toward a farm yard
where a woman wavers
in her mirage of laundry.
A blurry cow, of all things,
strays into memory, the afterimage
of this day on earth.
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I think the Theme might be: Anything can be beautiful, you just have to look at it in a different way. // Any other opinions?
And the purpose might be... inform you that what ever you see last on this earth is beautiful no matter what. // Other Ideas/Opinions?
Can anyone find any literary devices though? I cant! Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
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No rhyme scheme, but notice that the poet is using a lot of alliteration (also called "head rhyme" or 'initial rhyme"). Some of the repetition is buried (not just the initial letters as in true alliteration). For example.
- No rhyme scheme, but notice that the poet is using a lot of alliteration (also called "head rhyme" or 'initial rhyme").
- Some of the repetition is buried (not just the initial letters as in true alliteration).
- For example.
- Listen to all the "t" sounds (boldface) in the first two lines which then move into the "f" sounds (underlined).
- Two cows s tand trans fixed by a t rough of floa t ing leaves facing as if ..
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No rhyme scheme, but notice that the poet is using a lot of alliteration (also called "head rhyme" or 'initial rhyme"). Some of the repetition is buried (not just the initial letters as in true alliteration).
For example. Listen to all the "t" sounds (boldface) in the first two lines which then move into the "f" sounds (underlined).
For example. Listen to all the "t" sounds (boldface) in the first two lines which then move into the "f" sounds (underlined).
Two cows stand transf
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Thats amazingly helpful, but (hate to sound greedy or a bit rude (sorry)) But could I get a few more Literary Devices? Also I need a theme in relation to society.
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What "literary devices" were you given? Told to look for? "Literary devices" is a wide field otherwise.
There's always "comparison" (of situations) -- The two cows are facing "as if into a camera."
Also, "metaphoric image" -- the scales of the haunches balance."
As for a theme relating to society, that is harder. Perhaps you can m
There's always "comparison" (of situations) -- The two cows are facing "as if into a camera."
Also, "metaphoric image" -- the scales of the haunches balance."
As for a theme relating to society, that is harder. Perhaps you can m
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