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An Analysis of Updike's "Player Piano"
Evaluate the effectiveness of diction as an adjunct to meaning in John
In "Player Piano", John Updike uses personification to give life to
a ‘unhuman' piano. By using diction to communicate his ideas, he
effectively allows the reader to explore the psyche of a "Player Piano". In
the fi ....
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.... and "din" are
alliterative, and the suggestion is that the "din" of the piano broadcasts
its sound far and wide. In line three of stanza two there is both internal
rhyme and assonance in "man", "band", and "hand". Updike tells us that the
piano has a sense of pride in its ability to produce its own music,
unassisted by any human hand. Of course there is irony in this because it
was a human who originally programmed the piano. The last two lines of the
second stanza are extremely rhythmic, and closely imitate the sort of
rhythm that comes from the pian ....
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