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The poem Nobody Dies, is written in open verse. It has no particular rhyme scheme and does not have any parameter. I was able to locate a couple of metaphors. In line 3 when she writes, " nobody dies" (3). Also in line 30 she writes, "To be ....

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... have experinced a tragic loss of someone in her life who meant a great deal to her. I also think that she wishes she had spent more time with this person, or at least enjoyed the time they spent together more. The first and second lines of this poem are very true. "Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age the child is grown and puts away childish things" (1,2). I think what Edna is trying to express is that when you reach a particular age you don't just start being an adult. Being an adult is not something you just wake up one day an decide to be. In the third and fourth lines she writes, " nobody dies. Nobo ...