The Smell Was One Of Rot Same Musty Rot Poem Analysis

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The author use a lot of imagery. Like when he said, “The smell was one of rot, same musty rot that made him only think of graves. When he said that it made me think of graves. It felt like I was there

He uses similes to like when he said, “a round fish with goold sides as gold as the sun. He uses more techniques.

He uses metaphors to. Just like when he said,”is all food was simplely thing.

Now you know how much uses techniques.

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