Poetry Analysis - Metho Drinker and Widowed

Poems arrange the authors emotions and experiences, in the form of words. Poems can try us a untried view of the world. Two meters that raise a tonic designate of view are, Metho Drinker, and, Widowed. The literary devices employ in, Metho Drinker, are each(prenominal)iteration, illustration, imagery, and personification. The literary techniques apply in, Widowed, are metaphor, figurative language, and imagery. Poems face us the protagonists perspective and emotions. Their emotions make us feel empathy, and we imagine what it would be like if we were in their situation.\nMetho Drinker, is a poem by Judith Wright. The poem offers us a new view of the world by showing us the unsettled mans perspective, which creates empathy inside us. The poem is about a homeless man who is live on the streets. On a cold winter darkness he cannot stay in a shelter, since they are all full. Weight and waterfall, is used in the poem, and is an example of alliteration. This example intensif ies the onerousness felt by the ill-fated homeless man, who is an alcoholic. Waterfall of unbroken time, is also used in the poem. It is an example of metaphor which highlights arrant(a) suffering. It makes you think that time is tho like a waterfall, since waterfalls go on for infinity. Knives of light, is used in the poem, and is another example of metaphor. The metaphor gives us insight into his loneliness, and isolation. He decides to commit suicide by drinking methylated spirits, to which he refers to it as his, white and burn mark girl. This creates an imagery of heat. The Methylated hard drink and finale are personifications of a woman. It shows Death as a woman when the cashier says, It was for Death he took her. In the end, he was afraid of death when the narrator says, and yet he is dying(p) under her kiss and winces from that virulent of her desire, which means he winced when it was time. This poem makes us question ourselves, ...