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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Love, Life, and Death

Love, Life, and Death

I can be light,
but also night.

I can be life
but also death.

I can be a murderer
but also a lifesaver.

I can be a gatherer of my people
but also disperse them.

I am love.

I can be the light in the world
but bring night in tow.

I can be the reason people live
and die.

I can be a murderer of hearts
and save them.

I can be a gatherer people together in my name
and they disperse in a heartbeat

I can't be just one, can I?

Structure Used: Enjambment, End-stopped line, Similar line structure (4,1,4,1)
Techniques Used: Diction (hearts, life, death), Anaphora (I can. I can't), End-Rhyme, Personification






 


3 comments:

  1. Jacob, you can also say that you used paradoxes. The contradictory yet true statements convey that technique. This is a great poem, and you had a great idea going with the representation of love.

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  2. I loved your overall idea in this poem. I think writing about how love is good but has its bad moments was very clever. I enjoyed reading it and the poem flowed well.

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  3. It was a good poem, i don't really understand it but it rhymes well.

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