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Guest Posted 22 years ago

Help with a poem

here is a few lines of a poem im reading, could anyone tell me what, if any kind of literay devices are used in this:

"I came to you for truth,
And you gave me lies.

I came to you for liberty,
and you gave me bondage.

I came to you for hope
and you gave me despair"

any literay devices/techniques used here? i dont think i see any, but maybe im missing them
  

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Hello Guest There seem to be two devices: parallelism and antithesis. Parallelism here = the repeated structure of the couplets: 'I came to you for A and you gave me B', repeated 3 times. ' The antithetical effect is softened by the use of 'and' instead of 'but'.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Guest There seem to be two devices: parallelism and antithesis.
  • Parallelism here = the repeated structure of the couplets: 'I came to you for A and you gave me B', repeated 3 times.
  • ' The antithetical effect is softened by the use of 'and' instead of 'but'.
  • MrP
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Hello Guest

There seem to be two devices: parallelism and antithesis.

Parallelism here = the repeated structure of the couplets:

'I came to you for A and you gave me B', repeated 3 times.

Antithesis = the contrast within each couplet:

'I came to you for X, and you gave me the opposite of X.'

The antithetical effect is softened by
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I need help writing a poem about objects in the living room of my house. Quick please
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Hello Guest

If you post your poem-in-progress, people will no doubt comment.

(You probably don't know this, but 'quick please' sounds slightly brusque in English, so is probably best avoided.)

MrP
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good one.......................
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Hey guest try reading my poem, 'A room with a view'. Maybe it will give u an idea of the kind of poem on living room furniture u want to write.
Thanks!
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can any1 help me plz with a christmas poem that rhymes????????


Guesthere is a few lines of a poem im reading, could anyone tell me what, if any kind of literay devices are used in this:

"I came to you for t
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