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How Does Richard Wilbur Use Dramatic Irony In Boy At The Window

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Boy at the Window We all see the world in different perspectives. Irony creates situations we do not expect. In the poem, Boy at the Window, Richard Wilbur uses irony to illustrate two parallel worlds between two characters. The different types of irony the author uses shows the reader the point of view of each character. We would never expect an inanimate object to have feeling and emotion. Using dramatic irony the author shows us how the snowman has feelings for the boy that the boy is unaware of. In line 13 the snowman is shedding a tear for the boy as it says, “He melts enough to drop from one soft eye a trickle of the purest rain, a tear.” The snowman is also unaware of why the boy won’t come out, as we know he will become

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