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    This document summarizes key poetic devices used in a poem about machines: 1) It follows the Petrarchan sonnet form with an octave rhyme scheme of abbaabba and a sestet of cdecde or cdcdcd. 2) Onomatopoeia and personification are used to describe the sounds and actions of the machines in vivid detail. 3) A paradox is used to convey a deeper meaning about machines enslaving their creators. 4) Descriptive diction brings the industrial setting and destructive tone to life.

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    This document summarizes key poetic devices used in a poem about machines: 1) It follows the Petrarchan sonnet form with an octave rhyme scheme of abbaabba and a sestet of cdecde or cdcdcd. 2) Onomatopoeia and personification are used to describe the sounds and actions of the machines in vivid detail. 3) A paradox is used to convey a deeper meaning about machines enslaving their creators. 4) Descriptive diction brings the industrial setting and destructive tone to life.

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    Portrait of A Machine

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    This document summarizes key poetic devices used in a poem about machines: 1) It follows the Petrarchan sonnet form with an octave rhyme scheme of abbaabba and a sestet of cdecde or cdcdcd. 2) Onomatopoeia and personification are used to describe the sounds and actions of the machines in vivid detail. 3) A paradox is used to convey a deeper meaning about machines enslaving their creators. 4) Descriptive diction brings the industrial setting and destructive tone to life.

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    Portrait of a machine 1st slide: Rhyme: Its a Petrarchan Sonnet (Italian Sonnet) Divides the poem's 14 lines into

    to two parts: o Octave (8 lines) o Sesset (6 lines) Rhyme scheme: o Octave - a b b a a b b a o Sesset - c d c d c d / c d c d c d / c d e c d e (Flexible)

    2nd slide: Onomatopoeia Use of words that sound like what they mean Example: o Obedient monster purring at its toil o Conceals its fury with a gentle hiss

    Personifications Abstract things endowed with human characteristics Example: o What nudity as beautiful as this o Obedient monster purring at its toil.

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    Paradox An apparent contradiction, revealing deeper meaning Example: Become of slave of what his slaves create

    Diction The choice of words, vocabulary used Example: o Naked iron, dripping oil, shining flank of metal, greasy, vast engine (Description of machineries) o Vent its loathing, destroying hate, deeper malice (Tone of destruction)

    citation: Petrarchan sonnet. (n.d.) Collins English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged. (1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003). Retrieved April 22 2013 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Petrarchan+sonnet

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