The Discovery Vs This Poem
Every poet has their own unique writing style and it can be seen within each poem that they write. This is true within the poems "The Discovery" and "This Poem" which was written by Elma Mitchell. Although each author writes in their own distinct style, they both use literary devices such as metaphors, personification, hyperbole's and many others to reveal the message they are trying to deliver in each poem.
In the poem "The Discovery" the author uses metaphor's to describe the deeper meaning of the poem. The poem begins with the line "Do not imagine that the exploration ends ... or that the map you hold, conceals further discovery" and from the beginning he uses a metaphor to describe your own knowledge; what you currently know; as the "map". The way in which the poem is written makes it easy for the reader to link the storyline to their own life and apply the message to everyday situations. By using the map as a metaphor for your own knowledge, the author then goes on to say......
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