Tuesday, March 1, 2011

3.1 Diction Exercise

"Keeping Things Whole"
By: Mark Strand

a) absence, missing, fill, part, whole, spaces, been, keep

b) Sound: Fluidity, Constant

Concreteness: Ghostly, transparent


In Mark Strand's "Keeping Things Whole", his fluid pessimistic outlook combined with the ghostly depictions of himself portrays the narrator's constant distress on his acceptance in a harsh world.


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