Edward Hirsch's 'Man On A Fire Escape'
In the poem named Man on a Fire Escape, written by Edward Hirsch, the author presents a unique eye-opening experience when a devastating tragedy arises. Throughout, the poem Man on a Fire Escape, Edward Hirsch uses third person point of view as if he is addressing his poem to someone. Furthermore, the poem slowly reveals the mass chaos and destruction of a fire outbreak that engulfs everything in its path. On the contrary, towards the end of the poem, after witnessing all the mayhem everything was back to normal as if the fire did not happen. Edward Hirsch uses lexis, literary devices, and his poetry to illustrate to his audience that poetry is never-ending because poetry will always portray “the true voice of feeling.” (QUOTE).