The poet in his poem “Dignified” manages to convey his thoughts and feelings about the athletes in a memorable way through his use of alliteration, semantic field, and enumeration.
First of all, the persona uses alliteration in order to contrast the athletes and ordinary people, “While we snore towards our heart attacks”. This demonstrates the lack of determination of common people that differs from the famous sportsperson which receive applauses and are praised by their admirers. The word “snore” shows that normal individuals are lazy and do not care about each other’s lives since they are not well known. They reveal that they are distinct from the athletes …show more content…
This indicates that they are really fast to learn the techniques required to win a game and that they are similar to Gods because they surpass that ability of a normal person. The author conveys this message by using a surprised and amazed tone since it is unbelievable that a sportsperson wins a game that is hard to achieve and that is stressful to play against many competitors.
Finally, the title “Dignified” is indicative of poet’s attitude to the characteristics that athletes should possess. It reveals that the sportspeople should have pride, glory, and self-worth, but also composure and self-respect to demonstrate their hard work to achieve their goal which is to win and to be famous in a good way. In addition to this, the use of one simple word exhibits various factors of an athlete that help the readers to understand better the poem and know the author’s opinion of a well-known sportsperson.
In conclusion, the poet makes his thoughts and feelings about the athletes so memorable by applying various poetic devices that contrasts from ordinary people, but demonstrates similarity when compared with the