AP English
Analysis of The Leash
The poem the leash by Ada Limon uses a dog and a warzone to convey that shed like to live life peacefully and carefree like a dog does. The speaker uses diction as a way to grab the reader and in certain instances uses it to refer to the reader directly. She uses the attention-grabbing diction to then make a point about how even though depression can be tough, theres always a light at the end. She also uses tone alongside the diction to illustrate to the reader what the speakers experience with depression is like.
The poem uses the words Dont die as a way to grab at the reader, almost like the speaker is talking directly to whoever is reading the poem. The speaker, talking about a fish, gives us the reason to live when she says Even when silvery fish after fish\ comes back belly up, and the country plummets\ into a crepitating crater of hatred, isnt there still\ something singing?. The speakers message with this, is that even though life can...
