Transcription of Example Poetry Analysis, Prepared by Sara Patrick
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Example Poetry Analysis, Prepared by Sara Patrick
N AT I O N AL R E C ITAT IO N C ON TE STo r e g o n p o e t r y o u t l o u d g u i d e | 2 0 1 0 | s u p p l e m e n t a l m a t e r i a l sExample Poetry analysis , Prepared by Sara Patrick1. Copy of poem: Auto Wreck by Karl ShapiroIts quick soft silver bell beating, beating,And down the dark one ruby flarePulsing out red light like an artery,The ambulance at top speed floating downPast beacons and illuminated clocksWings in a heavy curve, dips down,And brakes speed, entering the doors leap open, emptying light;Stretchers are laid out, the mangled liftedAnd stowed into the little the bell, breaking the hush, tolls the ambulance with its terrible cargoRocking, slightly rocking, moves away,As the doors, an afterthought, are are deranged, walking among the copsWho sweep glass and are large and is still making notes under the with a buc
L. simile: “like convalescents innocent and gauche,” “red light like an artery,” “throats tight as tourniquets,” “cancer, simple as a flower” M. metaphor: “the stubborn saw of common sense;” lanterns are described as “empty husks of locusts” N. irony: “grim joke” O. oxymoron: “grim joke” P. paradox: none
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