I Came to buy a smile — today — by Emily Dickson
Emily Dickson has a mastery of poetic form and rhetoric that places each reader can directly connect with. In the poem “I came to buy a smile-today,” is one of the most critical rhetoric poems of all the time. In The poem, Dickson desires to buy a smile an indication of happiness from a vendor. She claims to have gold, diamond, and rubies, the precious metals that all humans wish to have, but for sure, no one can buy happiness.
She wonders how much she can bargain to get the smile for the exchange of the precious metal. She also wondered whether the vendor could afford to sell a smile. Every day, we all seek to be happy, even with wealth and all the opulence that comes with it but, money and wealth cannot buy a smile (happiness).
In the poem, Dickson use Rhyme throughout. For example,
She also uses irony in her work. She asks the vendor whether the vendor can afford to sell a smile something she is sure he cannot.
The Dream by John Donne
John Donne writes on the dream the images of a loved one that comes and goes in the dreams. This is a poem each person can relate to since it reflects what most people go through in love. It is common for one to experience vivid imaginations of a loved one.
When one’s lover leaves, the lover is left fantasizing about the experiences of the loved one. In addition, even though one may not actively figure out the imagination, they somehow creep into one’s mind even in sleep.
Donne uses various literary works of poetry. He uses rhymes in various sentences, for example wake, make, all, all, repent, and spent, among others. He also uses metaphors, for example, the fantasy is queen and soul, and all.
