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Amanda Chong Lion Heart Analysis

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The poem “lion heart” by Amanda Chong, written in third person narrative depicts nationalistic pride and honor. The writer uses “Lion Heart” to portray pride as lions symbolize pride and bravery. .It is understood that the poem is about Singapore from the opening and closing line of the poem “You… sunlight” and “five … sky”. This suggests Chong tries expresses her patriotism for Singapore. The writer opens the poem with visual imagery through the opening line “You...sunlight;”. Through this Chong eloquently builds up an image in the readers mind. A visual image of a creature with “skin...sunlight;”. The use of consonance on “s” emphasizes on small details of this creature thus making the imagery applied clearer also aiding on reiterating …show more content…

Chong has used vivid enunciation to create visual imagery of an ivory coast. The creature has not yet gotten used to its land legs as seen in the evidence “Your…waves”, implying that the creature misses the sea and carries the memories of the wave along with a strong bold heart which now begins to compliment the title of the poem “lion heart”. Sand runs along the back of the creature which is seen in the evidence “Sinew...back-”. The use of hyphen represents a line break. The same idea has been continued but has a different understanding. The sand running along the back of this creature has some sort of enigmatic lettering representing its “oceanic origins”. There is use of consonance and assonance in the diction “Rising runes” and “oceanic origins” The internal rhyme shows that Chong is trying emphasize on the significance of one’s origins, it’s a mark you will carry with you. Further, the writer has used auditory imagery to create an effect of sound which is seen in the evidence “Your...prince”. She has also used a metaphor to compare the thumping heart of the creature to a drum beat. This implies that the every living thing on the land could hear the arrival of their new prince by his drum like heart beat that has brought the land back to

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