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Love's Vocabulary By Diane Ackerman Analysis

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In the essay, “Love’s Vocabulary,” Diane Ackerman communicates the idea through figurative language, that love is an emotion that is seen universally, but no one can explain what it is. For instance, the analogy about music conveys Ackerman’s idea as it suggests that every person from different time periods and locations recognize love just as they recognize music, but they cannot comprehend its meaning. In the text, Ackerman expresses how a woman from Ancient Egypt placed in an automobile factory will be confused by the technology, but be able to identify love when she sees two people kissing. Afterward, she articulates “People everywhere and everywhen understand the phenomenon of love, just as they understand the appeal of music...even if

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