Figurative Language In The Poem Chicago

CHICAGO” Poem Questions
1.) It is hard to tell much about the speaker from this poem, but what is known is that the speaker is someone who loves Chicago and is very proud of it. It is then easy to conclude that the speaker is most likely a resident of Chicago. As far as characteristics go for the reader, we don’t know much gender-wise or really anything else, but the defining characteristics are pride, in celebrating the character of his/her home city, and joy at because the speaker is able to share that feeling with the readers.
2.) The speaker is talking to the outsiders of the city who are judging it and criticizing it. These critics seem to look down at the city and only see the dark and dirty parts, but really do not know what they are
This is used to suggest that Chicago is a big city with many problems, but it proudly faces these problems and has many positive attributes that far out way them. Compared to other, smaller cities, Chicago is much more progressive, it is continuing to move forward despite adversity. Another example of figurative language is the use of a simile in line 23, when it is stated that Chicago is as “fierce as a dog.” This implies that Chicago is constantly active, always looking for more things to do and never backs down from adversity, but keeps trying to move forward. Throughout this poem, Chicago is also personified, it has shoulders, a heart, a pulse, and it laughs. The reason for this personification it to portray that the city is almost very human in that it is flawed and beautiful. The personification also helps to represent the true foundation of the city, which is every single person who works in it. One of the final figurative devise employed is metonym, which is used in the beginning end of the poem while listing a few various jobs such as “tool maker.” These singular jobs are uses to represent the workforce as a whole, and more importantly manual labor, which is a key part of Chicago, and the very back bone if our