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The title of the poem is 'sacrifice', this gives you a first impression of the poem.
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Sacrifice The title of the poem is 'sacrifice', this gives you a first impression of the poem. It gives a feeling of giving something up. When you think about the word sacrifice, it also can mean self-sacrifice, to some people this could be t do with religion, (Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross), or a greater good. In stanza one, the first three words, 'as he move' this tell, us a lot. It informs us that whatever is going on, there is, a man or a boy is involved. The lexical choice of 'moves' describes the action as being, unsurprising, almost normal. The poet then goes on to describe the knife on the goats throat, the feeling of it being normal to slit an animals throat. The second line reads 'I can feel its point on my throat.' The lexical choice of the 'I' and 'my' shows us that it's...
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