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Hyperbole is an obvious and intentional exaggeration. Atwood's ending is very hyperbolic, inferring that these self-absorbed and self-aggrandizing City Planners are just as empty and meaningless as the 'burbs they pollute the world with. How does she convey this message?

Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech Atwood's ending is very hyperbolic, inferring that these self-absorbed and self-aggrandizing City Planners are just as empty and meaningless as the 'burbs they pollute the world with.The main theme is the poet’s dislike for the suburban houses that look like identical clones. There is complete monotony and shows no imagination or creativity. The monotony and the silence set her offends the poet. There is no sound or noise in the suburbs and the only sound that breaks the silence is of the lawn mower. Other than that there is no sign of any life or activity. The city planners had put in all efforts and hard work to create clone like structures in the city. Indutrialisation had blocked all creativity from seeping in.


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Irony is a literary technique, or situation in which there is an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning. For example: Atwood debunk the "sanities" in her contemptuous, gleefully ironic phrasing. She finds the order and sameness of modern life very immature. Pick up more examples of irony.

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The term "snows" from line 33 talking about people, real estate agents, in particular being blinded by a "blizzard", "snow" or "madness" is an extended metaphor. Explain.

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The poem is concerned mainly with the fact that "city planning" is a gloomy process that leaves its in-habitants stripped of their humanity. They become devoid of feelings or emotions, essential human attributes for example pedantic rows, sanitary trees, levelness of surface, No shouting here.

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