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MY SECRET (Figures of speech (Metaphor (Someone knocking at the front door…
MY SECRET
Figures of speech
Metaphor
Someone knocking at the front door trying to gain entry into her innermost thoughts & the vulnerability that she would experience
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Not formally structured
- 4 stanzas of varying length
- irregular rhyming patterns
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SENSORY
assonance
''its frOze, and blOws and snOws''
- words all relate to cold weather & needing to cover up (secret)
- speeds up rhyming = urgency
- echoes the sound of the wind
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alliteration
's', 'z'& 'sh' sound= light-hearted, playful tone
STRUCTURE
Rhyme scheme
rhyming couplets or triplets, which increase the pace
= playfulness and passion
=persistence with which the listener is pleading with her to divulge her secret
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INTENTION
conveyed by use of
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punctuation
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mocking in ''only, my secrets mine, and I wont tell'' =child-like teasing
SPEAKER
reserved, she wishes to assert her right not to reveal her true feelings