Hyperbole In Oranges
One literary device present in the poem, “Oranges”, that develops the theme of sacrifice is an extended metaphor. The girl the author is with wanted a “chocolate that [costed] a dime”, but the author doesn’t have enough, so he “took the nickel” he had and an orange to pay for it(Soto,34). This shows that he is willing to give up his orange to get her the chocolate bar. Instead of them sharing the oranges, he sacrifices the orange so that his girl can be happy and enjoy a chocolate bar.
Another literary device present in, “Oranges”, that develops the theme of love is a hyperbole. When they are standing eating the chocolate and the orange, the orange was “bright against the gray of December”, and looked like a “fire in [his] hands”(Soto, 56).
Another literary device present in, “Oranges”, that develops the theme of love is a hyperbole. When they are standing eating the chocolate and the orange, the orange was “bright against the gray of December”, and looked like a “fire in [his] hands”(Soto, 56).