After reading this piece by Johnathan Culler, I have a better underwing of why rhetoric language is used in poems and such. A good thing that was mentioned was that in rhetoric poems, you do, have to stop and think…think about the rhyme, think about the meaning of the rhyme and or what the rhyme meant. It also dawned on me that the use of rhythmic words are used in baby songs, and for a bright reason – as Culler stated rhythmic words can “provoke special interpretive attention”, which is good for stimulation and growth in infant development, and even adolescences/adults.

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