Evaluation:
Published: 17.01.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Two Poems and explanation of literary elements.', 1.
Extract

Pictures
She said I'll throw myself away
they're just pictures after all
I can't...hang this on a wall
I can't...keep this up forever
Outside the frame
This is what we're leaving out
Metaphor - Comparing herself to pictures.
Metaphor - Comparing the relationship to pictures, staying the same forever.
End rhyme - "All" and "wall"
Alliteration - "What" and "we're"
Repetition - "I can't" is repeated twice
I used the two metaphors because I thought they were relevant to the situation in the poem. The end rhyme and the repetition helps with the flow of the poem. The alliteration smooths the l…

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