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Poetry Comprehension & Analysis - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Metaphor: "If people leave while the rulers deliver their speeches, we must be vigilant, perhaps they have lost hope". The meaning is targeted to the people who don't pay attention or became uninterested with the rulers' speeches, which makes it a metaphor.
      - Personification: "And what if the rulers say may not be rejected, truth must surely be under threat". The personification in this sentence is that the word 'truth' refers to the people that could be in trouble/under threat.
- - - - Structures: “O Captain, My Captain!” is a dedication to Abraham Lincoln. Although it seems like it is just a poem about a sea captain who dies at the end of a victorious voyage, it really refers to Lincoln 's untimely death shortly after his victory in the Civil War.
        The moral lesson of the poem is that victory comes with a price. The captain in the poem relates to Abraham Lincoln and the ship signifies the United States. The ryhme scheme of the poem is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
        
        Genre and Type: The genre of the poem is narrative poem, because it tells a story about the death of U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln. Meanwhile, the type of the poem is elegy, where the poet shares their sadness for someone who has passed away. Despite the sadness, the poem also talks about a victory that was achieved, and it reminds us that success often involves difficult sacrifices.
    - - Structures; Shakespeare uses Sonnet 18 to praise his beloved's beauty and describe all the ways in which their beauty is preferable to a summer day. The stability of love and its power to immortalize someone is the overarching theme of this poem. The ryhme scheme of the poem is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
        
        Genre and Type: The genre of the poem is lyric poetry because of the rhymes, and Lyric poetry is a form of expression that captures personal emotions, thoughts, and experiences in a heartfelt and often musical way. He uses alliteration and internal rhyme to keep a good rhythm. Meanwhile, the type of the poem "Sonnet 18" is a Shakespearean sonnet, meaning it has 14 lines written in iambic pentameter and that follow a regular rhyme scheme.