T2WK10 Lesson 1: Figurative Language
Poem:
Once I spoke the language of the flowers,
Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,
Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
And shared a conversation with the housefly
in my bed.
Once I heard and answered all the questions
of the crickets,
And joined the crying of each falling dying
flake of snow,
Once I spoke the language of the flowers. . . .
How did it go?
How did it go?
Explanation:
The writer uses the figurative language in such a way where his words represent his feelings and potray his mindset of how the changes of the world is progressing.
Reason:
Even though the writer uses simple words in his poems, the meaning in them is deep and not easily understood. He speaks of how humanity is forgotten in today's society, and the environment is destroyed by human's hideous acts.
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