As
the previous educator has noted, this whole poem seems to revolve around metaphors: the turtle
isnote that it is not described as being "like," as in aa "hard roll, a
four-oared helmet." Apart from the initial description of the turtle as a "roll,"
there is a thread which connects the metaphors into one extended image of the turtle as a sort
of transport vehicle: this semantic field of travel and transport is communicated through such
words as "oared," "rowing," and "track." First, the turtle is
seemingly a sort of boat, pictured rowing into the grass; then, she begins "dragging"
and becomes stuck to her "axles," as if she is a kind of amphibious craft. The
language makes us picture other vehicles...
Thursday, July 14, 2016
In "Turtle" by Kay Ryan, what is the central figure of speech? My first guess is metaphor because the poem is comparing a person to a turtle. I'm...
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