Essays Tagged: "Lydia Davis"
Lydia Davis Head, Heart Poetry Explication
Elizabeth BarczewskiAndrea SpoffordEnglish 1020October 1, 2014"Head, Heart" by Lydia Davis: A Poetry ExplicationThe narrative poem "Head, Heart" by Lydia Davis was published in 20 ... you feel bad for the heart. The language used is both concrete and abstract. It is concrete because Lydia uses the word "weeps" in line one, making you feel and almost hear what the heart is doing. Th ... eart" (8).The poem uses a couple of examples of figurative language throughout it. "Head, Heart" by Lydia Davis has lots of personification. The three examples used are "Heart Weeps" (1), "but the wor ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry