Response to “Two Ways of Seeing a River” Essay

In Two Ways of Seeing a River, author Mark Twain uses a blocked structured comparative analysis of the river to describe how he feels about the river, or sees it right away that he has learned it and there is little beautiful mystery associated with it. Twain develops distributively paragraph to using metaphor, A broad expanse of the river was turned to seam (par. 1), simile, a long , ruffled trail that shone like silver (par. 1) , and personification, on that point were graceful curves (par. 1) to describe vividly how he sees the river before and after his get the hang of the water.After Twain masters the river, he follows his previously established physique in paragraph one to develop in order the contrasts of the river now that it is no longer a mystery. He describes the same river with more(prenominal) somber, less colorful language, This sun means we that we are going to have undulate tomorrow (par. 2). What Twain is really comparing is his romantic, uneducated view o f the river to his more rational, understood knowledge on how to navigate and survive on the water. domesticate CitedTwain, Mark. Two Ways of Seeing a River