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  • Essay / Naming of Coins, by Henry Reed - 1141

    The Elaborate Use of Poetic Devices in "Naming of Coins" While one way of thinking is factual, more literal, another is more reflective and abstract. In Henry Reed's "Naming of Parts," Reed uses both approaches to thinking with his speakers, allowing his poem to include different points of view and tones. The two speakers are evident in different lines of "Naming the Parts", and when they merge, they have a different meaning than just the two. Other poetic devices are used to convey the voices of different speakers, and also to make the poem more fluid and harmonious. "Naming of Parts" has a more literal and authoritative voice seen in all but 5 lines, a more reflective and abstract voice seen only in line 5, a convergence that allows for more interpretations of each speaker's lines, diction and images that contrast the two. speakers and rhythmic and sound devices unify the poem as a whole. The first of the two voices, a more factual and instructive voice, is usually seen in lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 of each stanza of "Name of the Parts". In the first stanza, the instructive speaker narrates the task accomplished yesterday and tomorrow's goals. The next stanza, the speaker explains the differences between the swivels. The speaker, in the third stanza, explains to the audience how to use a safety device and warns the audience not to use their fingers. In the fourth stanza, the speaker explains the mechanism of the bolt, emphasizing its back and forth movement. The speaker, in the fifth stanza, connects the bolt to previous stanzas with the repetition of. ideas. The first of the two voices contrasts with the middle of the paper......oeia adds to the speaker's imagery, and the dactylic feet help to emphasize certain words The use of poetic devices. allows you to highlight the different voices in “Part naming”. The literal diction of the first speaker compared to the abstract imagery of the second helps indicate the personality of both speakers. The two speakers have different tones, which create different implications, and when they converge, their contrasts help create new interpretations of the two speakers. The rhythmic and sound devices that Henry Reed uses in his poem help to unify the two speakers and their lines into one poem. Although one of these two speakers takes a literal approach to life and the other speaker views life in abstract ideas, ultimately they are still joined by the same concepts used in the poem. Reed