=| There's quite a lot of literal imagery in that poem actually.
Quote:
A Schoolboy’s Apology
If sometimes I fall asleep in a lecture
or shout or scream as if alone
please forgive me please don’t be angry
for I have no place to play
I’m growing up and I want to be a sailor
I’m wishing for a giant arena and a stream
I feel like yelling my life is beginning
Every minute I want to hold tight to my dreams
But the fires of war have shrivelled my joys
At every step I see guns turned on me
At every word I hear the crash of steel
Not believing not understanding I only stare
The slaughter goes on and on.
Blood and bones and hatred all stained red.
People running from the front to look out for themselves
Cheating lying stabbing others in the back
Some of my friends have fallen
No one knew, no one cried, they were dewdrops that’s all.
My home village burnt to the ground
The way back cut off, ‘partitioned….’
Le Than Xuan
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How hard can it be? Any imagery that isn't figurative imagery will go into the "literal imagery", generally. Something that doesn't require much though and can be visualised as it is written down. Eg. the first line, yeah, you can imagine the guy falling asleep in lecture, right?
=| Argh, I might be wrong. But that's just how I see it.
& The postmodern era is just the time after WW2 up til now. So brainstorm issues? :\