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mikaylakyoung

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on: Jul 20, 2018
Which line contains a figure of speech?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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How does the image of the melon reinforce the poems intentions?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


dellikani2015

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Reply #1 on: Jul 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1


  • The second, obviously. The heart does not literally contain any doors, let alone a thousand of them. (Interestingly, even though the first line makes a biologically literal statement, doors in line 2 turns chambers into a play on words.)



Answer to Question 2


  • Despite a melons being so much softer and more vulnerable than a head, by likening the two the poet reminds us of the minefield story and underscores the poems larger theme the sense of helplessness (which is communicated even more by the fathers personality and behavior than by the incident itself) at the prospect of unpredictable and unpreventable violence.



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