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1. Consider some of the rhetorical figures in the poems in chapter 15. Write an essay describing the importance of figures of speech in creating emphasis and in extending and deepening the ideas of poetry. Here are some possible topics, all on poems in this chapter.

a) Metaphor in Minty's "Conjoined", or Piercy's "A Work of Artifice"

b) Paradox and apparent contradiction in Kenny's "Legacy"

FOR HOMEWORK:

Write a poem in which you create a governing metaphor or simile. Examples: "My girlfriend/boyfriend is like a) a difficult book b) an insoluble mathematical problem c) a bill that cannot be paid d) an opening flower." "Teaching a person to do a particular job is like a) shoveling heavy snow b) climbing a mountain during a landslide c) having someone force you under water when you are gasping for breath." When you finish, describe the relationship between your comparison and the development and structure of your poem.