Barred Owl

In Ã'A Barred OwlÃ" and Ã'The History Teacher,Ã" devil poets describe > efforts by adults to soothe the curiosity and fear of four-year-old kidskinren. > However, the literary devices used by the 2 authors reveal two very > different intentions and end results. Whereas Wilbur uses a honest > verse scheme, a humorous eminence and juxtaposition of the rational and > the blotto to depict the narratorÕs look for to Ã'domesticateÃ" > intuitive fears, collins uses trivializing diction and early(a) devices > to show that the teacherÕs drive to shield his students from > germane(predicate) facts and real world issues is both ironic and unfruitful. > The simple and assuasive nature of Ã'A Barred OwlÃ" is in part > helped by the rhyme scheme of the poem. Structuring the poem in > couplets, Wilbur explains the supposedly frightening touch with > relative simplicity, writing Ã'The warp night air having brought the > scag/Of an owlÕs voice into he r darken room.Ã" Wilbur furthers this > sense of simplicity, using a humorous tone to personate the narratorÕs > comment to his child. He writes Ã'We tell the wakened child that > all she heard/Was an left over(p) question from a woods bird.Ã" Telling the > child that the hearty of the owl is realistically sightly the sound of a > forest bird, Wilbur humorously trivializes the childÕs fear and > reality to show the irrationality of the fear. Wilbur writes, Ã'Send a > small child back to sleep at nightÉOr dreaming of some small topic in > a claw/Borne up to some dark change and eaten raw.Ã" To contrast > fantasy with reality, Wilbur juxtaposes the childÕs calm reception to > his parentsÕ oral communication with imagery of the childÕs lord fear, > glorified in all of its horror. Thus, Wilbur portrays the narratorÕs > made attempt at say the irrational fear of his child. > Collins describes a similar attempt to provide explanations for > children. However, whereas the nar! rator in the first poem trivializes > an irrational and...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderEssay.net

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