Saturday 7 January 2012

Please provide examples of literary techniques in Peter Skrzynecki's poem "Postcard."

Some of the less readily recognized literary techniques
the poet chose to use are , understated sarcasm, , , amplification, rhetorical
questioning.
These all enhance and support the main theme of rejection of belonging
to the old traditions and expectations: "Let me be. / [...] / I stare / ... / And refuse to
answer".

The poet foreshadows the
unexpected, and perhaps originally conceived, theme of rejection with the words "Haunts
me" comprising the second line of this free style, free form poem. In keeping with the
negative tone established with "Haunts me,"
understated sarcasm appears in the title of the postcard:
"Warsaw: Panorama of the Old Town." This is sarcasm because the(suggested meaning) for
"panorama" is bliss, beauty, appeal, yet we already know the speaker feels no appeal
toward nor bliss from the postcard. Subtle irony appears in the
description of the river park ("something / Like a park borders ...") that isn't quite
the park it pretends to be....








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