Where are there literary devices in Alice Walker's poem Women? Can someone give specific examples from the poem of like Metaphors, Rhyme Scheme, Personification, and so on.
They were women then
My mama’s generation
Husky of voice—Stout of
Step
5 With fsts as well as
Hands
How they battered down
Doors
And ironed
1 0 Starched white
Shirts
How they led
Armies
Headragged Generals
Across mined
Fields
Booby-trapped
Kitchens
To discover books
Desks
A place for us
How they knew what we
Must know
Without knowing a page
Of it
Them

Question

Where are there literary devices in Alice Walker's poem Women? Can someone give specific examples from the poem of like Metaphors, Rhyme Scheme, Personification, and so on.
They were women then
My mama’s generation
Husky of voice—Stout of
Step
5 With fsts as well as
Hands
How they battered down
Doors
And ironed
1 0 Starched white
Shirts
How they led
Armies
Headragged Generals
Across mined
Fields
Booby-trapped
Kitchens
To discover books
Desks
A place for us
How they knew what we
Must know
Without knowing a page
Of it
Them

anonymous · Answer

there is imagery, you have books, desks, mined fields, starched white shirts etc.

anonymous · Answer

the poem is full of enjambments, to me they create an effect of disunity in the poem. you can talk about word choice and why the author used those words in the poem

anonymous · Answer

ok?? i still don't get the poem

anonymous · Answer

the enjambments also slow down the speed of the poem.
its a monologue.
Imagery, explore why the author uses places/things in the house like kitchen, desks, etc

anonymous · Answer

ok, tell me what you think the poem means

anonymous · Answer

ill help you through the analysis/analyzing it