Snapping Beans By Lisa Parker Summary

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How Literary Devices Can Strengthen Your Understanding of Snapping Beans Try to imagine a beautiful autumn scene of nature, with falling leaves and the wind blowing through your hair. Were you able to picture that scenery? Or possibly even feel some of the sensations that you would experience in nature if you are more imaginative. The experience will vary depending on the person, but it definitely evokes a response in most readers. Types of literary devices such as this are used in the poem “Snapping Beans” by Lisa Parker in drastic ways to describe the transitions into college, the new experiences you discover along the way, and the stressful moments that unfortunately, inevitably fall with it. Literary devices of any sort can be a way to allow your audience to relate to your work and can be a creative avenue for you to add new elements of nature, new sensations, and depth. This allows for me and many others to comprehend the poem snapping beans easier and quicker. …show more content…

First, being the symbolism used to express that the seasons are changing from summer to fall. This is important in relation to the main character because she is in college and currently on break with her grandmother. She is going through a new term and is dealing with new circumstances she is not used to. Fall is a time of change and loss that lead into the new experiences of winter. Her grandmother summed it up best by saying the last lines in the poem, “and when a hickory leaf, still summer green, / skidded onto the porchfront, / Grandma said, / It’s funny how things blow loose like that.” (Parker 42-46) This is symbolism for the start of a new year in college and all the changes that come with

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