Poem Analysis: Onomatopoeia

Poetry Annotations in Paragraphs
Theme: Drugs only leads to a life full of hardship, immense misfortune, and ultimately death
Onomatopoeia
“BOOM”
This is an onomatopoeia because it imitates the sound of a gunshot. This helps the poem become more lively and interesting by this use of onomatopoeia as you can hear the gunshot which correlates with death. Furthermore, this bluntly states the theme which is that drugs kill people and helps the theme become more impactful. This also helps set the mood of the poem which would be frightful as when you hear the “BOOM” you will imagine a gun shot.
Allusion
Explicit
“Drugs will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes.”
This is an allusion to Pandora's box which is an artifact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth “Pandora’s Box.” This allusion emphasizes the theme because when a person first starts taking drugs they will release a world of misfortune, crimes, and ultimately death into their life.
Where it says “[at the] end of the tunnel and waiting you see the House of Hades” what it alludes to is the path to the underworld and finally you see Hades. This emphasizes the theme because that line shows that soon you’ll reach a tunnel that will take you to the end of your life, which further proves that drugs will kill you. All in all, this further shows that when a person takes drugs the person will die just like it is stated in the