Write a Commentary of ‘(Love Song, with Two Goldfish)’ by Grace Chua

This numbers by Grace Chua narrates of a love tier amid both people by drawing comparisons in the midst of men and lean. The poems main theme of childbed is developed through the use of parentheses and its description of the consanguinity between the two main characters is created through the use of personification, anthropomorphism and symbolism. Another important feature of this poem is the visual vision and figurative language, that help the readers imagine this story more vividly.

In this poem Chua uses symbolism to create a parallel between fish and people that have a clearly humankind relationship. The poet overly uses techniques kindred similes, personification and anthropomorphism to compare the two and stresses these comparisons throughout the whole poem, as an extended metaphor. In the twenty-five percent stanza we can find an example of this: His heart make passs like a fish. He drinks like a stone.. This simile, strengthened by enjambement, is a play on words, a paronomasia that refers to the saying sink like a stone and drink like a fish, that dont make sense any longer once swapped around. This nonsensical simile is used to create in the readers minds the idea that this fish really is a man, and his actions show it too.



The poet uses this pun to make us laugh about the similarities between this fish and a man, but at the same time we facial expression pity for him as we know that if his heart skins like a stone he is feeling depressed and heart-broken and if he drinks like a fish he must be (like the poem later says) drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Similarly, other puns like these are found in the poem (she makes kissy lips at him), that describe the characters flirty human behaviour, covering that the poet also compares the female fish to a human too. The intimation that the fish can feel, drink or make kissy lips is also personification that further strengthens the comparison, literally personifying the fish as if they were human makes us immediately relate to what the characters are...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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