Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom

ocoa Electricity comes to umber Bottom Essay There be several literary techniques that are used in this poem such as lampsOil this is very(prenominal) ironic because they have brought old technology to come and see the untried technology being unveiled. besides the fact that they are waiting for old is ironic because they are replacing natural light with artificial light.Near the set out there is a Simile used Cable was drawn manage a pencil line across the sun This uses one of the important themes of the poem technology verses nature, it seems that the Cable is taking over from the sun and is sapping some(a) of its power also a pencil line is not as colourful as the sun with the many different shades this implies that the piece is going grey and will have less life in it after the technology has taken over.There is also personification and prospicience used in A breeze coming home from the sea held its Breath this shows that even nature is aware of how special this even t is. Also the Bamboo lining the dirt road stopped swaying even though this is transparent being that the wind has stopped it also heightens the sense of anticipation of the gibibyte event. Sibilance is used in as soft as chiffon curtains Closing. Closing. This uses the repeated s sound to give a gentle ending to the verse and the secure stop in between the Closing suggests an amount of time has passed. raillery is used again in Is there one among us to commemorate this moment? But there was none this is ironic because the poem is in fact a written record of the moment. The poem is a archives and you get this feeling of a story all the way through, It has one-third stanza two long ones and a shorter one the first one is 17 lines and they get smaller to 15 lines then only 6. couldnt settle much about the form and structure.