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Verbal Collage Essay

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For my verbal collage, I used a variety of images to symbolize what George Elliot Clarke is trying to demonstrate. The first image I used is a red ‘X’ as this mysterious individual may seem good-hearted on the outside, but deep down there is an aggressive person who is overwhelmed by the power of love. The colour red is used to symbolize anger that this character is experiencing throughout the poem. The image of the brass used fully demonstrates that the character ‘X’ has no fear within them. Furthermore, it is depicted that X busted a door down, so I capitalized his aggressive nature by adding an image of a person kicking a door down as well. The background picture of the wintery weather describes the type of environment that the poem takes …show more content…

In this case, someone has stated a lie which affected ‘X’. Finally, the picture of the heart rate monitor is used to prove that love can essentially ‘die’ especially if someone is heartbroken. The adjectives that I used in my verbal poetry collage are frigid, relentless, heartbreaking, untrustworthy, and melancholy. Frigid was used to describe the overall setting of the poem. This poem takes in a wintery weather where blizzards are apparent and the turn of events is certainly bone-chilling. Relentless is the next adjective that I used because this word describes the aggressive nature that the character ‘X’ and the father has. X decided to bust down a door unnecessarily and the father abused his wife breaking the ever-lasting love they had. Heartbreaking is used to portray the turn of events that has occurred in the poem. The power of love has been shattered by the ruthless act of the characters in the poem leaving with the final statement, “I’ve seen love die”. Untrustworthy is used to capitalize the central idea of the poem. “And words do lie” is a powerful statement as sometimes you can never trust anyone even if they are closely related to you. The last adjective melancholy demonstrates the overall theme of the poem. The poem was a depressing tale of someone who has been lied to and heartbroken, creating a sorrowful

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