Question
Is this examples of Irony and Juxtaposition?
In that three foot pile now-irony
one earthquake in Alaska,
seventeen American soldiers- juxtaposition
In that three foot pile now-irony
one earthquake in Alaska,
seventeen American soldiers- juxtaposition
Answers
Ms. Sue
You haven't given us enough of the quotations to determine what they exemplify.
Victoria
this is from my earlier post..I posted it and nobody seemed to reply..:(
Ms. Sue
<b>This part shows at least two examples of juxtaposition.
Tragedies relegated to a three-foot pile of discarded newsprint.
Violent death and hockey scores
Isn't it also ironic that tragedies have been reduced to old newspapers stuffed in a closet? Also look at the last few lines of the poem.</b>
"In that three foot pile now,
a dozen airliner crashes,
one earthquake in Alaska,
seventeen American soldiers
face down in Asian mud.
I could go on enumerating
like newsprint-we record
violent death&hockey scores
&keep the front room neat"
Tragedies relegated to a three-foot pile of discarded newsprint.
Violent death and hockey scores
Isn't it also ironic that tragedies have been reduced to old newspapers stuffed in a closet? Also look at the last few lines of the poem.</b>
"In that three foot pile now,
a dozen airliner crashes,
one earthquake in Alaska,
seventeen American soldiers
face down in Asian mud.
I could go on enumerating
like newsprint-we record
violent death&hockey scores
&keep the front room neat"