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ADecorte - a word is dead
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Up to 3ALS - Put yourself to test. Textual analysis practice.
Title: A world is dead.
The title of this text highlights the value of words.
The metaphorical meaning of a dead word underlines the importance of a spoken one.
Repetition and alliteration underline the contrasting nouns, dead and live. For the poet, when the word is spoken begins ita existence.
For the poet every single word is important. When someone writes a word it begins to live in the memory of those who read or listen it.