Fast breaks are five seconds of heart pounding and jaw dropping anxiety. While not everyone likes the sport, it is well known that basketball takes and extreme amount of love and dedication. Edward Hirsh shows this in the poem ?Fast Break? by using literature devices such as vivid words and similes. Hirsh uses similes to express the hard work and love put into the game of basketball. ?Gathering the orange leather from the air like a cherished possession,? (ll. 5-6) shows that the players have the ball and can?t let anyone have that ball. That is their way of scoring, so they are acting like toddlers in a sandbox fighting over a toy. ?Almost exactly like a coach?s drawing on the blackboard,? (ll.15-16) express the hard work and dedication
