Toward the Sunset

pickpockets, lift his concentration,

memory, fine sense of direction. The author also uses rhyme schemes aba and abaa as a technique to establish his work. (1-9),

contains no final, matching sounds in the words to create rhyme, and each complete sentence comes from two or more lines instead of one. She gives darkness human qualities by letting it “[…] pushed away years of restraint […]. She compares “The car […] drifts from lane to lane like a raft on a river […] (6-8). The car,

as he drives, drifts from lane to lane

like a raft on a river, speeds and slows

for no reason, keeps missing turns. The author also uses the setting of various familiar places such as “[…] the lecture-room wall […] at home […]. The last quatrain,

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray,

Do not go gentle into that good night. to motivate the aging man to go on with his life by thinking about the deeds that he did. Even though Joan Aleshire’s style of writing contains some techniques similar to those of Dylan Thomas such as figurative language, she possesses her own unique style. As the foundation of writing, these techniques help authors in carrying out their excellent works that express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas. The picture of an old man crumbles on his weak, shaking legs like a race car that has been driven for years (1-9) lets the audience see clearly of the old man figure. Some of these techniques include poetry types, configurative language, setting, tone, diction, flashback, or rhyme.