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An Analysis Of Updike's "Player Piano"
Part one of term paper
Evaluate the effectiveness of diction as an adjunct to meaning in John
Updike's "Player Piano".
In "Player Piano", John Updike uses personification to give life to
a ‘unhuman' piano. By using diction to communicate his ideas, he
effectively allows the reader to explore the psyche of a "Player Piano". In
the first couple lines of the poem, ...
Part two of term paper ... the second line in "chuckling", "knuckle", and "key" suggest the abrupt
sound of air passing through the paper roll of a player piano. In the next
line, the word flicker is a phonetic intensive, closely associated with
word ‘flame'. Since the ‘flame' is a symbol of life and light, it gives the
reader a feeling that the piano is alive, further adding to the effect of
personification in this poem. In the last line of the first stanza, there
is consonance in "these", "keys", and "melodies". The ...
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