Analysis Of Juggler By Richard Wilbur

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In the poem “Juggler” by Richard Wilbur, the speaker describes the juggler's act. Wilbur uses tone to further the description of the jugglers movement and actions at the circus. He is excited through the poem while he performs his job but further becomes more serious later in the poem when he explains his job and how entertaining it can be. In the first stanza Wilbur talks about jugglers and five red balls that he describes as being dull and simple. Wilbur states how a ball “resents its own resilience” and its love for falling and once it does it's forgotten. The juggler is very precise when he says that “ A ball will bounce, but less and less” revealing the literal meaning of a ball's structure and motion. The juggler is tone is serious

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