Literary Techniques Used In Ari Banias No More Birds

Poetry native to the era it is written invokes the feelings, struggles, and daily life of those that are encased by that world. Society as a whole grows exponentially and influences from the past and present create a ‘perfect storm’ for emotional turmoil, therefore the need for poetry is necessary. These emotions can be shown in varying forms including shifts, allusions, and other thought-provoking literary techniques. In the poem “No More Birds”, Ari Banias uses pessimistic repetition and a shift from 3rd person to 1st person point of view to convey birds as civilizations duplication, which leads to the central idea that society may create unattainable beauty standards.
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