Question

What are the poetic elements with the following passage, "Their eyed are watching God"?

list the elements that let the reader know this is part of a story and not a poem?

The people all saw her come because it was sundown. The sun was gone, but he had left his footprints in the sky. It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk. These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long. Mules and other brutes had occupied their skins. But now, the sun and the bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and human. They became lords of sounds and lesser things. They passed nations through their mouths. They sat in judgment.​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Poetic elements in the passage include:

Imagery: The passage contains vivid descriptions of the sunset, with the metaphor of the sun leaving its "footprints" in the sky, and of people sitting on porches and becoming "lords of sounds and lesser things."

Metaphor: The passage uses the metaphor of people being "tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences" during the day, compared to their newfound power and humanity in the evening.

Personification: The passage personifies the skins of the people as feeling powerful and human.

Symbolism: The passage uses the image of the sunset and the end of the workday to symbolize a shift in power and perspective.

The elements that let the reader know this is part of a story and not a poem include:

The use of paragraphs to break up the text.

The presence of a narrative arc, with characters and a setting.

The absence of a strict rhyme scheme or meter.