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A type of lyrical garlic in the poem?

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Ode to Garlic Poetry by Genevieve Mae Aquino | October 16, 2016

 Unwanted Garlic
He doesn’t want you. Strong smell  Comparison of garlic and onion
Not with your pungent scent  Garlic is strong and
independent
marking the strength of your personality.
 The benefits of garlic
He wants that onion-head  Some people want onion more
than garlic.
with her pale skin

and purple highlights.

Why he doesn’t want
Her sly manipulations garlic? But wants
move him to tears, onion????
Personification
make him want to

peel back her layers and

Imagery
save her from herself. I love Garlic!!! Hyperbole
But, you, Garlic, are

your own leading lady.

You don’t need a knight in

armor or Viking
knee-length dress for men
prince or Scot in a kilt,

or any odd alpha male

to carry your burdens.

You are no weakling.

Not you, dear bulbous fat, round or bulging.

heroine of the Kitchen.

You, who saved us from

vampires and toothaches.

Nightingale of the World

Wars, how many heroes The tone of
survived thanks to your the poem is
hypocritical
antiseptic intervention?

It’s not your loss, Probably, Onion is easier to peel and

dear Garlic, if he it can make you cry while Garlic is
hard to peel and is more delicious
wants a drama and healthy than onion
queen in his life.

Come, let us peel away

your thin, fragile skin. Appearance vs reality

Crush your cloves

and toss you into

the vat of burning

oil, until you become Possibly, the author wants to

the gold that spices up teach us through poem that we
don’t judge from the
this bland world. appearance.
He may not

want you, but

we appreciate