What Was Told, That By: Jalalu

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What Was Told, ThatBy Jalalul-din Rumi

• Jake R
• Kevin T
• Marisa T

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Poem

• What Was Told, That
• What was said to the rose that made it open was
  said
• To me here in my chest
• What was told to the cypress that made it strong
• And straight, what was
• Whispered the jasmine so it is what it is,
  whatever made
• Sugarcane sweet, whatever
• Was said to the inhabitants of the town of chigil
  in
• Turkestan that makes them
• So handsome, whatever lets the pomegranate flower
  blush
• Like a human face, that is
• Being said to me now. I blush. Whatever put
  eloquence in
• Language, thats happening here
• The great warehouse doors open I fill with
  gratitude,
• Chewing a piece of sugarcane,
• In love with the one to whom every that belongs!

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Tone

• Tone- The authors attitude towards his audience
  may be deduced from the tone of the work
• The tone of the poem is positive
• Example- I fill with gratitude, chewing a piece
  of sugarcane (lines 13- 14)

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Imagery

• Imagery- The array of images in a literary work
• Example- The pomegranite flower blush like a
  human face (lines 9-10)

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Hyperbole

• Hyperbole- In literary criticism, deliberate
  exaggeration uses to achieve an effect
• Example- The great warehouse doors (line 13)
• This is an example of hyperbole because the
  warehouse doors arent that great.

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Point of View

• Point of View- The narrative perspective from
  which literary work is presented to the reader
• This poem is 1st person
• Example- What was said to the rose that made it
  open was said to me hear in my chest (lines 1-2)
• This is an example of 1st person because it has
  I in it.

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Analysis

• The poem What Was Told, That focuses on nature
  images. The speaker loves nature because it
  reflects god and he loves god.