“Reach out and Touch”
Lack of equality has been going on for centuries around the globe. People around the world are starting to support and show that everyone is equal. But still occurring today, people are still being prejudiced or not showing equality. Even when mankind are trying not to. The theme for Reach out and Touch by
Maxine Tynes is children are not born with prejudice but taught it. The three main points are; Imagery, sound and structural devices and tone.
Imagery is used in the in the poem to describe the features if the women. Metaphor was shown in the poem by describing the children touching her skin as the baby “dipping” their fingers into her skin. Beginning of the poem personification was used to describe the women's hair texture, “And touch the curly electric of my hair,” (3). The narrator wanting to display towards the reader that she is different from the outside, although have the same organs and heart in the inside. finally, metonymy was appeared in the poem through the narrator stating, “In the silence and fear that motherlove wraps you in,” (13). In this stanza “motherlove” symbolizes protection from the mother and from embarrassment. Furthermore, imagery supported the theme through describing the woman and also the situation on the bus. …show more content…
In the poem having various of stanzas of length to hold the reader interest on what is coming up next in the poem. This was called enjambment. As well as euphony. Euphony was displayed in the poem for including many “s” sounding words for a soft soothing sound throughout the poem. In the poem, vowel sounds were used with repetition in each stanza. This structural devices is called assonance. In conclusion, sound and structural devices help support the theme by showing how calm and collective the narrator is about the
Lack of equality has been going on for centuries around the globe. People around the world are starting to support and show that everyone is equal. But still occurring today, people are still being prejudiced or not showing equality. Even when mankind are trying not to. The theme for Reach out and Touch by
Maxine Tynes is children are not born with prejudice but taught it. The three main points are; Imagery, sound and structural devices and tone.
Imagery is used in the in the poem to describe the features if the women. Metaphor was shown in the poem by describing the children touching her skin as the baby “dipping” their fingers into her skin. Beginning of the poem personification was used to describe the women's hair texture, “And touch the curly electric of my hair,” (3). The narrator wanting to display towards the reader that she is different from the outside, although have the same organs and heart in the inside. finally, metonymy was appeared in the poem through the narrator stating, “In the silence and fear that motherlove wraps you in,” (13). In this stanza “motherlove” symbolizes protection from the mother and from embarrassment. Furthermore, imagery supported the theme through describing the woman and also the situation on the bus. …show more content…
In the poem having various of stanzas of length to hold the reader interest on what is coming up next in the poem. This was called enjambment. As well as euphony. Euphony was displayed in the poem for including many “s” sounding words for a soft soothing sound throughout the poem. In the poem, vowel sounds were used with repetition in each stanza. This structural devices is called assonance. In conclusion, sound and structural devices help support the theme by showing how calm and collective the narrator is about the