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An Exercise in Similes and Metaphors

16 Nov 2021

Similes and metaphors are some of the most used literary devices in poetry and literature. They help the reader relate and measure the extent of the writers’ visual depiction in the poem. After analyzing […]

Halloween Horror!

10 Nov 2021

Keeping with the theme of Halloween, the poets from the Latino Youth High School’s afterschool poetry program wrote about some of their fears. We analyzed 2 poem scary poems ; “The Cremation of Sam […]

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