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A Comparison Of Two-Headed Calf And Golden Retrievals

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One thing humans have an addiction to is stressing, worrying, overthinking, taking things for granted, and way more. Both poems Two-Headed Calf and Golden Retrievals show the reason why people should live in the moment instead of worrying about the future or thinking about the past because you don't know if you're gonna get tomorrow. First and foremost, the poem Two-Headed Calf by Laura Gilpin makes the reader sit back and think, but it also evokes the reader's sympathy for the two-headed calf. The first poetic device that affects the poem Two-Headed Calf is cacophony. Cacophony is shown when the poem states “freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum.” (Gilpin 2). This shows cacophony because of the harsh sounds of words such as ‘freak’. It also makes the reader infer that the calf do not have much time left. Their fate is close to an end because it says that farm boys are carrying them to a museum wrapped in newspaper. This means that …show more content…

The first poetic diction in Golden retrievals is a simple metaphor. Although there are many hidden metaphors within this poem, There i one that stood out. “Or else you’re off in some fog concerning tomorrow” (Doty 9). This stood out because it represents the owner being distracted by the troubles and worries of the future; while the dog is trying to understand why their owner is always worried. The next poetic device is an onomatopoeia. This is shown here; “woof” and “bow wow, bow wow...” (Doty 14). This is an onomatopoeia because it shows the dog's use of language and sound. It also shows how the dog calls its human. Finally, the last poetic device that is shown is rhyme. This rhyme happens when; “Catch? I don’t think so..""...—oh joy—actually scared.” (Doty 2). Sniff the wind,” The rhyme happens between "so " and "oh ". It also shows the playfulness of the dog's

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