The Poem, Mustard Seed Spring
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In BrashearÆs (p. 1) ôMustard Seed Spring,ö the speaker is observing the landscape which is a ôyellow worldö he labels ôMustard Seed Spring.ö In this poem the speaker uses a number of figures of speech to help convey his wonder and awe of the ôwhole worldö which he maintains has been turned into ônatureÆs park,ö (Brashear, p. 2). The speaker uses simile to try to convey a visual image for us of what he is observing, such as when he tells us that as far as he can see the yellow world is ôFramed in a fresh green / Of hills rolling like seas,ö (Brashear, p. 1). Such devices and word choice help us conjure up the image he is observing.In the above simile, the speaker also uses both alliteration and consonance, as the ôf
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