Friday, July 29, 2011

Read this poem and see if you can find literary elements. For example, tone, style and diction (if I use sarcastic as the tone). "next to of course...

I definitely
see a few literary devices at work here.

"worry in
every language" =
"my country tis of--" =
"by gorry by
jingo by gee by gosh by gum" =+ /slang ()
rushed like lions to the roaring
slaughter =+ personificataion

If you are looking for
general feedback on your poetry, there are a few more pieces of writing advice I offer beyond
recognizing your literary elements, however.

One important thing to note
about poetry, is that although the form and technical (or formal) rules of writing can be
bent ,...

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