Egg Horror Poem Summary

What if all of the food you ate had feelings? Well, in the poem “Egg Horror Poem” the author, Laurel Winter brings the carton of eggs to life. I made a connection from this poem to a movie called, “Sausage Party” where all of the food can talk and move around, and they have feelings just like the eggs in this poem. Laurel Winter describes the carton of eggs as having human emotion by creating vivid visual imagery, using simple and complex diction, and filling it with poetic devices such as personification. First, Laurel Winter uses many types of visual imagery throughout the poem. Imagery is, using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. She describes the eggs as being, “small/white/afraid of heights/whispering/in the cold, dark carton” (lines 1-5). This is a form of visual imagery, picturing the small eggs in the carton, cold, white, whispering, in the dark. Another type of imagery portrayed in the poem is when, “The door opens. Light filters into the carton, ‘“Let it be the milk,”’ they pray,” (lines 25-28). This is an example of auditory, visual, and tactile …show more content…
A personification lends human qualities and emotion to an object, animal, or idea. This whole poem is based on personification. The main idea is the eggs in the carton, coming alive and given human qualities and emotion to show how they would react if eggs really did have human emotion. An example of personification is, “Before they can jiggle/they are alone again,” (Lines 33-34). The author gives the eggs the quality of being able to jiggle, and being able to experience how loneliness feels. Another example of personification is, “They huddle/the eight/in the cold/in the dark and wait” (Lines 42-46). This is also a form of a rhyme scheme. She writes how the eggs are able to huddle together feeling the cold and waiting to see who is going to be taken