Anaphora as Coping Mechanism

Anaphora as Coping Mechanism

Ocean Vuong

Anaphora is defined as the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, in this case the narrator repeats the phrase “He dies” frequently throughout the poem as a way of dealing with the disappearance or death of the narrator’s significant other.

This version of the poem is slightly different as it appears in the collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds than the version published earlier in the year.