Similes In Joy Harjo

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Caden E. Caulder Mrs. Wels English ll Honors 11 March 2024 Rhetorical Analysis In Joy Harjo’s poem, “How Not To Write A Poem In A Time Of War,” the narrator relives trauma as she struggles in deciding where to begin depicting how appalling poor her and her family were treated. The author uses a very choppy structured text to express her chaotic experience with war. Additionally, Harjo’s usage of simile and anaphora help her convey the relentless grief that people who deal with the effects of war battle internally. Harjo utilizes similes in a few stanzas to illustrate the carnage that transpired in her life during wartime. The “[r]umos [that] fall like rain - like other and father tears - swallowed for restless peace - like slanting toward a