`Beach Glass` (Amy Clampitt)

p Beach Glass 2 `Beach Glass` Written by Amy Clampitt , the poem Beach Glass was full of a literary device called figurative speech

Literary devices include literary elements and techniques . Both of them have a universal function of letting ideas flow in a literary piece Under literary technique , meanwhile , is the use of figurative speech

Figurative speech involves using of language intended for giving words another meaning ' This form of creativity usually involves the use of simile , metaphor , hyperbole , personification , oxymoron , among others

In the poem Beach Glass , I observed that

the poet used the literary device or technique : figurative language

As I read the poem , I noticed that the poet used words that have , in a way , different ' meanings . Some of the phrases should not be taken literally . By this , it means that the poet did not use the denotative meaning of words , which is the usual practice in writing poems

The setting of the poem apparently is a beach , which the poet described as having millenniums of quartz , granite , and basalt ' The poet was successful in using descriptive words that would help the readers to feel ' what is being implied by the poem

Also , just like the usual kind of poem , Clampitt used several adjectives that would make the poem more effective . Adjectives add some kind of appeal ' to the readers since it describes everything that was tackled in the poem

The poet was very effective in using the figurative language to make the poem more creative . Her kind of creativity is at par excellence . I know not all could appreciate the poem or every word in her poem , but that 's the beauty of reading poems : you could not rely on the denotative meanings of the words written by the poet While the poets are creative , the readers should also be creative enough to give meaning in the literary pieces that came across

The use of figurative language in a poem could be considered as cliche it 's the usual device , I know many would think . I , myself , was also guilty of that mindset . I thought that everyone is fond using figurative language that makes it more uninteresting - or so I thought

But then , there are actually poems that used figurative language as if it 's the poet first time - simply because the words are not dull and boring . They are not the usual , so to speak

Clampitt did not only give life to the things that she mentioned in her poem , but also to the literary device of figurative speech

Her s were so vivid that made me feel that I was actually there in the beach - which is the setting of the poem . The way she described the shore was fascinating . It was amazing how she did all of these

Given the creativity that I guess God-given and trained , all of us may do something like the work of Clampitt or any other notable poets

Aside from these , we have the literary devices that would help...