"Falling
Song" by Daniel David Moses uses metaphors, similes, and contrast to show that the
individual longs for freedom and independence. Moses uses a to
compare the honking of the geese to "bells that celebrate," choosing words with
positive connotations to characterize the geese and the sounds they make as happy and blithe. He
also uses a when he calls the geese a "line of winged
dots," emphasizing their wings, which is what gives them such freedom, and he uses another
simile to describe their motion,
shifting as if waves moved
easily through them, as if
waves floated
them south.
Their motion seems effortless, further
emphasizing the birds's freedom and ability to travel from place to place without effort.
Another metaphor compares the wind to a water's "wake,"
offering a similar meaning.
The speaker uses contrasting
when he describes his own "sooty window"something dirty, which is very
different from the fresh, watery words he uses to describe the birds's movement....
No comments:
Post a Comment