Novel Sing to the Dawn : Language and Style
The language has cameo descriptions of the village and the river which come alive as the story unfolds. The lotus plays a central symbolic role for it rises out of muddy water and blooms in all its glory. It is offered at the temples by devotees. The flower is like Dawan just waiting to grow and bloom.
The caged bird soars and flies to freedom. There is hope yet for Dawan to spread her wings and do her thousand things. Literary devices like similes and metaphors appear in many points of the story and create vivid word pictures.
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