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How to interpret the literary device of setting and how it affects the character of the story/poem?

The setting in literacy skills can be a geographical location, actual or unfamiliar period, and even the fictional world setting. It can also include the weather, cultural environments, which have a core purpose of back dropping the action. The setting, in any case, is revealed by the exposition of the poetry/story written. In the poem, the words I hear America singing are beyond a metaphor where it represents how the American entertains themselves s as they perform their daily duties. It also shows how satisfied and healthy they are with their works which is very productive and happier. The mechanics, boatmen, etc., are having the satisfaction of creation. The poem has used the aspect of repetition where the words “the’ and “singing.” This has been done so, thus emphasizing the various individuals’ acts in their workplaces (Skwire & Wiener, 2006).

The literacy device of setting affects the character of nay poem or story where it’s noted that it can create conflict between the characters in any poem also It affects the poem by bringing in elements of influence on the character’s action on the story/poem bringing in issues such as the moods, character development, theme of the story and even the plot it has. It also influences the reader of the poem/story by helping and engaging them, thus visualizing the events and the context for which the story/poem is created. For this case, one can identify that the poem given is set upon working involving much use of hands/arts. This is due to the various individuals whose focus has been on them: the mechanics, shoemaker, etc. The poem has also used the words “varied carols” to depict the joy of the various individuals in their workplaces. This makes the whole industry that these individuals involve themselves be much more productive to a country’s and individual economy (Reinhart, 2017).

The setting also influences the reader’s ability to imagine the various individuals stated how they do their work by including the songs related to their work. Other setting styles used are the geographical concept where has been said to be in American environs where much of the artwork is mainly done in the open airfield. The poem’s character is a researcher/work officer who has done the research and found that the various individuals use certain concepts to keep them busy and happy during their work progress. The simile usage in the poem, i.e., the word “strong melodious songs,” has been used to show the reader how good and friendly the songs these various individuals sing is related to their work environment (Shraiber & Yaroslavova, 2018).

More so, there is the usage of the imagery concept where the statement “singing with open mouths” creates to a reader a mental picture of how these individuals typically sing their songs. This concept is mainly used in developing the theme of a particular story and still evokes the readers’ five senses as they try to create a mental picture of how the songs were being sung (Andrews, 2018). The poem has also utilized the assonance concepts where the word “shoemaker singing as he sits “where the consonant sound “s” has depicted the idea. This concept has been done to emphasize the consonant sound that has been used much in the poem. The poem structure is noted to be irregular, whereby it’s not in the stanza form. The poem also is reported to have certain aspects of the tone it has where the poem mood excellent and joyful as the imagery concept creates in an individual the sounds that this individual produces as they perform their work. The poem’s relationship with the reader is just reflections of the various work environments, how the actions are done, and what keeps the individuals in those settings moving on with their work (Reinhart, 2017).

References

Andrews, R. (2018). Imagery in poetry. Multimodality, Poetry and Poetics, 51-64. 

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315523897-4

Bowkett, S. (2009). Countdown to poetry writing. 

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203868928

Reinhart, W. (2017). How to write poetry: Beginner’s guide to learning the basics of writing a creative poem in 60 minutes or less.

Shraiber, E., & Yaroslavova, E. (2018). Poetry recitation contest: A powerful medium for developing linguistic and cognitive skills. EDULEARN18 Proceedings. 

https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2018.2267

Skwire, D., & Wiener, H. S. (2006). Student’s book of college English: Rhetoric, readings, handbook. Longman Publishing Group.