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Figurative Language

By: Leslie Valdivia. Figurative Language. Poem. Racism Ignorance breeds hate. Hate breeds more ignorance. A lonely fool dies in the night. No one mourns him. He died in his own hate. His hate bleeds through the streets where his body lay.

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Figurative Language

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  1. By: Leslie Valdivia Figurative Language

  2. Poem Racism Ignorance breeds hate. Hate breeds more ignorance. A lonely fool dies in the night. No one mourns him. He died in his own hate. His hate bleeds through the streets where his body lay. The hate he taught was like a ticking bomb in his heart Waiting to explode. He will be forgotten, with Erida his only friend Erased from the pages of time. His black heart is buried with him. Those who survived him Remember him only in hate. Then strive to forget him.

  3. Personification “His hate bleeds through the streets where his body lay.” The author is giving hate the ability to bleed.

  4. Simile “The hate he taught was like a ticking bomb in his heart” The author compares hate with a bomb because the could both explode anytime.

  5. Allusion “He will be forgotten, with Erida his only friend” He is using a Greek Goddess of Hate as the guy only friend because they were both full of anger.

  6. Symbolism “His black heart is buried with him” The author is saying that the guy is soulless

  7. Metaphor “

  8. Hyperbole “His hate was so strong that it could of killed any one and even him” What I'm trying to say that his hate could anyone.

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