[The author uses details to develop the figurative language to help creates the overall tone of the poem. For example, the author writes, “A splash of paint on brick surprising as a bruise.” These lines help to develop the critical tone because the speaker is crititizing the city planners. This quote means that everything is not perfect and there is something wrong deep beyound the surface, and it shows figuarative launguage because it is comparing a bruise to a splash of paint on bricks. Also the author writes, “Too-fixed stare of the wide windows”. The quote means the speaker is personifying the windows, and continues to develop the critical tone of the poem because it creates a negative image for the reader, and shows the negative impact of the city planners. In conclusion, the overall tone of the poem is develop by the figurative language.]
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