Limbo Flashcards
‘And limbo stick is the silence in front of me’
onomatoepeia
‘stick hit sound / and the ship like it ready’
simile
‘down / down / down / and the drummer is calling me’
commands
Small round hard stones click / under my heels’
Onomatoepeia
‘crushed ice white glass, /linen falls, / the single rose’
personification
‘Hands burn / for a stone, a bomb, / to shiver down the glass’
anger aggression used in the quote showing how bad he wanted to do that action
‘What business of mine is it / So long they don’t take the yam / From my savouring mouth?’
Questions and ryming rhythem
‘A knock on the door froze my hungry hand.’
embarkment was used.
‘They came one night / Booted the whole house awake’
showing tone to the use