My Favourite Poem

Title: Welcome Morning
Author: Anne Sexton
Lyrics: There is joyin all:in the hair I brush each morning,in the Cannon towel, newly washed,that I rub my body with each morning,in the chapel of eggs I cook each morning,in the outcry from the kettle that heats my coffee each morning,in the spoon and the chair that cry "hello there, Anne"each morning,in the godhead of the table that I set my silver, plate, cup upon each morning.

All this is God, right here in my pea-green house each morning and I mean, though often forget,to give thanks,to faint down by the kitchen table in a prayer of rejoicing as the holy birds at the kitchen windowpeck into their marriage of seeds.
So while I think of it,let me paint a thank-you on my palm for this God, this laughter of the morning, lest it go unspoken.

The Joy that isn't shared, I've heard,dies young

Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a figure of speech which is an exaggeration. Persons often use expressions such as "I nearly died laughing," "I was hopping mad," and "I tried a thousand times." Such statements are not literally true, but people make them to sound impressive or to emphasize something, such as a feeling, effort, or reaction.

Personification: When you make a thing, idea, or an animal do something only humans can do.

Metaphor: Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison.

Similey: Simile is when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."

Symbolism: Symbolism is when something or some one is representing something in the real world.

"outcry from the kettle that heats my coffee" ------- Personification

"the spoon and the chair that cry "hello there, Anne"each morning"------- Personification

" pea-green house"--------Similey

"let me paint a thank-you on my palm for this God"-------- Symbolism