How does the author's use of rhetorical and poetic devices emphasize the meaning of the work as a whole? Please do not forget to post and respond to two of your peers' SPOTTTS.
Fundamentalism
Because the eye has a short
shadow or
it is hard to see over heads
in the crowd?
If everyone else seems
smarter
but you need your own secret?
If mystery was never your
friend?
If one way could satisfy
the infinite heart of the
heavens?
If you liked the king on his
golden throne
more than the villagers
carrying baskets of lemons?
If you wanted to be sure
his guards would admit you to
the party?
The boy with the
broken pencil
scrapes his little
knife against the lead
turning and
turning it as a point
emerges from the wood again
If he would
believe his life is like that
he would not
follow his father into war