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I Have A Rendezvous With Death Student Version

This poem describes a soldier's rendezvous with death during springtime. It uses poetic devices like anaphora, rhyme, and metaphor to convey the inevitability of the soldier's death on the battlefield, despite his desire to enjoy spring's return. The speaker acknowledges death may take his hand and breath, or that he may pass it by, but he will not fail to keep their pledged meeting, foreshadowing his impending fate when spring next returns.

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I Have A Rendezvous With Death Student Version

This poem describes a soldier's rendezvous with death during springtime. It uses poetic devices like anaphora, rhyme, and metaphor to convey the inevitability of the soldier's death on the battlefield, despite his desire to enjoy spring's return. The speaker acknowledges death may take his hand and breath, or that he may pass it by, but he will not fail to keep their pledged meeting, foreshadowing his impending fate when spring next returns.

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I Have a Rendezvous with Death

- Titular Signifier: signifies the general


theme of the poem
BY ALAN SEEGER
Personal Annotations:
Anaphora (‘I Have a Rendezvous with
Death’): continually reminding the
reader of the misfortune and reality
of the poem
Olfactory Imagery: assists in creating
a sweet and pleasant illustration
Em dash: abrupt stop to bring the
reader back to the present moment
I have a rendezvous with Death Alliteration: creates a mood and
At some disputed barricade, motion effect, intensifying the
When Spring comes back with rustling sombre tone
Personification: giving landscape
shade
humane attributes to convey
And apple-blossoms fill the air— struggle and suffering
I have a rendezvous with Death Anaphora (‘And’): brings attention to
When Spring brings back blue days and the line and produces a feeling of
fair. participation for the audience that is
anticipating the events
It may be he shall take my hand Rhyme: help depicts rhythm that
And lead me into his dark land gives the audience a concluding
And close my eyes and quench my tone
breath— Metaphor: to overemphasize the
coming of death as well as the
It may be I shall pass him still.
suggestive relationship with death
I have a rendezvous with Death Juxtaposition: to compare the vast
On some scarred slope of battered hill, difference between the desire and
When Spring comes round again this year reality of the persona
And the first meadow-flowers appear. Diacope: draws awareness to the
closeness and intimacy of the lovers
God knows 'twere better to be deep Ellipsis: trailing off for the reader to
Pillowed in silk and scented down, ponder about the dreamy moment
Where Love throbs out in blissful sleep, First person: clarifies the perspective
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath, of the poem as well as raises feelings
of empathy for them
Where hushed awakenings are dear ...
Oxymoron: expresses a complex and
But I've a rendezvous with Death double sided idea
At midnight in some flaming town, Anastrophe: lets the sentence
When Spring trips north again this year, become heavier to add emphasis
And I to my pledged word am true, Archetype : constantly symbolising
I shall not fail that rendezvous. the wish of freedom and joy in a
time that the soldier knows he will
not be in
Compound Word: giving the topic of
flowers a more depthful meaning of
beauty and picturesque value
Double Entendre: representing the
inescapable end without formally
mentioning death

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