English V
1345-English 2 Sem 2 2019-20 CR
Joskar Le
Assignment
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Analyzing Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is the use of the word
Selma here?
How does this example of figurative language affect
the last line of the stanza?
In the first line, Hayden mentions Selma. This is a
reference to the 1965 civil rights march from Selma,
Alabama, in which nonviolent protestors were attacked
by police.
Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
the serene great picture that I love.
-"Monet's 'Waterlilies, **
Robert Hayden