Blessing- by Imtiaz Dharker.By Sally Yu.

PoemBlessing by Imtiaz Dharker The skin cracks like a pod.There never is enough water.

Imagine the drip of it,the small splash, echoin a tin mug,the voice of a kindly god.

Sometimes, the sudden rushof fortune. The municipal pipe bursts,silver crashes to the groundand the flow has founda roar of tongues. From the huts,

a congregation : every man womanchild for streets aroundbutts in, with pots,brass, copper, aluminium,plastic buckets,frantic hands,

and naked childrenscreaming in the liquid sun,their highlights polished to perfection,flashing light,as the blessing singsover their small bones.

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situationsymbolism poempoor country, droughtpipe busts (like rain, water)

poetic devices usedextended metaphorsymbolismfree verseimagerysimilepersonification

extended metaphorextended metaphor: A metaphor that is extended by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas.ex)He is a pig, he is trash.

How extended metaphor is usedline 7,8,9:

rush of fortune + silver=water

symbolismsymbolism: symbols to represent ideas.ex) The rose you gave,

how symbolism is usedline 6: the voice of a kindly godkindly god symbolizes water, and hope.line 11: a roar of tongues. From the hutsroar of tongues symbolizes people shouting.

how symbolism is usedline 11: screaming in the liquid sunThe sun is the center of the universe. Therefore, it is referring sun as water. (water=life)

free versefree verse: having no fixed metric poem.ex) down to the beach on a sunny day we go.....

how free verse is usedThere are no patterns of anything. ( no rhyme scheme, or a stanza.)

imageryImagery: descriptive, and figurative language.ex) glistening oily bodies radiating with sensation

how imagery is usedline 3~4:

sound, shape

similesimile: two unlike things compared.ex) The baby was like an octopusThis simile is implying that the baby was grabbing things really fast, like the baby had a lot of arms like an octopus.

how simile is usedline 1: The skin cracks like a podSince there is like it is a simile. The skin is the earth.

personificationpersonification: Giving a non-human thing a human aspect.ex) She saw a smiling moon in the skyThe moon is a non-human thing, and smiling is a human aspect.

how personification is usedline 23: as the blessing singsblessing is a non-human thing, and sings is a human aspect.line 11: a roar of tongues. From the huts,The tongue is a non-human thing, and roar is a human aspect.

About the poetpoet: Imtiaz Dharker.Imtiaz Dharker, the poet of Blessing.Works internationally.education, and human lives.

HOw it relates to the poetPoem might have been created when she saw a scene of devastation in a developing countries.Interest in happy lives, and sad lives

comic!

Bibliography"Imtiaz Dharker." wikipedia. 8 January 2009. wikimedia. 13 Jan 2009 .Bahatt, Sujata. "Imtiaz Dharker 'Blessing'." search my tongue. 17 Jan 2009 .Imtiaz, Dharker. "Drawings." Imtiaz Dharker. 2007. 17 Jan 2009 .

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