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An Analysis Of Updike's "Player Piano"
Beginning of 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 .... Middle of Paper .... 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 repeat of the smooth
"s" sound in these three consecutive words evokes a feeling of rhythm or
harmony - pleasant sounds from the player piano.
The next stanza starts with an internal rhyme: "My paper can caper".
The simple rhyme suggests that the paper can leap and jump about like a
child. The connotation of the word "abandon" adds to this suggestion of
unrestrained movement or activit ....
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