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When exploring literature, poetry is my favorite to read because my mother’s a published author. Therefore, yes before this course I read poetry. As a published author she writes poems, which covers a variety of topics such as spiritual, military, current events, and several other items. Therefore, I am a little bias when it comes to poetry. However, some other reasons I enjoy reading the poem is because it allows me a means to be open minded and examine ways that these poems can alter the environment around you due to the ability to see outside the box. The words just jump off the page and luring you into the poem emotionally, which captivates one’s attention by making you think, question certain situations, may even give you a bit teary-eyed, …show more content…
The author illustrates to the audience that there is life after death. As a Christian, my belief is similar to the author in regards to life after death. Also, this piece of literature covered a lot of terms we have learned while in class. For example, all of these terms found within our textbook “alliteration, imagery, repetition, and personification (Kirszner, & Mandell, 2012).” For example, when the narrative presents the audience with alliteration by describing the saw features combined with “the smell of dust the saw produced when cutting (Kirszner, & Mandell, 2012 p. 420”. Then there was the stove length stick of wood, which illustrated to the audience or readers the size of the saw and the dangers associated with the saw. This accident could have been avoided perhaps the saw not being assessable to a minor (the boy). The imagery that was relevant to this story includes the usage of “the saw before the kid cutting off his hand. When analyzing the repetition displayed in the poem the reader or audience are lured in by the fear the boy experienced. For example, within the poem speaks of the kid being “scrambled or distort” the author repeats to convey his message of the kids fear entirely. The final term that caught my attention was …show more content…
Some elements could realistically happen, while on the other hand some of the ideas were rather unpractical. I saw unpractical because a saw cannot talk, eat supper and does not harm anyone without that individual messing with the saw. Although the boy lost his life, it validates various safety features, and in using this type of machinery, should tell us precaution by not allowing the saw to be misused or abused. Furthermore, a minor should never be permitted to utilize dangers

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