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being taken over by rapid development and that has led to pollution,
deforestation and destruction of natural habitats that now threatens
man.
ELEMENTS
TITLE
The title implies the transfer of a generation and highlights the gap that
existed and apparent in societies today. This gap existed due to he
results of the conditioning affect that took place in the name of
development and modern times.
THEMES
Challenges in life
The challenges of the modern man are:
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Line 1- 9
Line 10- 18
Line 18- 20
Literary devices
Here the poet emphasize the word you, focusing all attention to the
grandparents. Also signify blaming; you as pinpointing.
Alliteration
Alliteration is used to reflect the sound of the wind from her grandmothers
paper fans
The repetition of similar consonants at the beginning of words put close to
each other.
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Style
The style use is simple but rich in contrast.
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The lines in the poem are presented in a non standard tradition of
style.
The poem is presented in 9 lines in the first stanza.
The second stanza contains 10 lines.
Consonant: /f/
Grandma werent you flustered
As you fluttered with paper fans?
Rhyme Scheme
Contemporary. Followed no rhyme scheme.
This poem is a good introduction for contemporary poem.
Tone
This poem has a rather serious and sarcastic tone. This is because the use of
all these technological appliances that are supposed to make our lives more
comfortable is actually destroying the world we live in.
The tone of the grandchild (line 1-9) poses question. The tone is
puzzle. The grandchild saw nothing good of those times. The tone
here is ignorant, and looking down. Blatant with a series of stupid
questions. The tone is anticipation of trivial answers.
Pun
Pun is used as an irony as the usage of air-conditioner is causing harm to the
nature as we enjoy the cool air.
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Repetition
Words or ideas that are emphasized to show the importance of a certain
concept
: You
: We
: You & We.
Irony
An expression of meaning often humorous or sarcastic, by the use of language
of a different or opposite tendency
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