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    The poem ‘’The Lotus-Eaters’’ (NA II‚ 1119) by Alfred Tennyson is based on a short episode from the Greek myth Odyssey in which Odysseus and his marines get to the island of the Lotus-eaters. The Lotus-eaters get their name from eating Lotus plants with a drug effect. Although the war veterans desire to go home‚ they get seduced to stay on the island because of the influence the Lotus plants have on them. Through the usage of Sound imagery‚ metrical (ir)regularity and (no) rhyme the poet shows us

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    With slavery in mind‚ Charles Christian Nahl and Louis Nagel created a lithograph‚ titled In Memoriam in 1865. The Lithograph was created in memory of Abraham Lincoln who was credited with ending slavery. This art work shows the Emancipation Act dissolving the chains of slavery. Chains are a metaphor for the bonds that Lincoln broke with the “Emancipation Proclamation.” The dragon represents slaveholders who have put their slaves in chains. The dragon died by the hand of Minerva—a goddess of wisdom

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    language has become a focus of attention. In this paper‚ under the theory of modern stylistics‚ the stylistic features of cyber language and its causes were discussed from vocabulary and grammatical levels. The author has demonstrated some lexical features of cyber language with a number of examples. Then‚ in the second part‚ the grammatical features have been discussed. And the third part is about the causes of these stylistic features. 1.1 Background of the Present Study From 1990s‚ the Internet has

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    Although Ulysses and Odysseus share similar traits‚ Homer would not agree with Tennysons portrayal of Odysseus in the poem "Ulysses". Whereas Odysseus wishes to complete his journey and find relief‚ Ulysses seeks to continue on a never-ending one. Homer ’s Odyssey and Tennysons "Ulysses" have different desires and their desires lead them on contrasting quests. The hero in Homer ’s depicts Odysseus as a hero in the process of completing a journey home. The portrayal of Ulysses is a hero that

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    evaluative meaning. The context is arranged so that the qualifying word in irony reverses the direction of the evaluation‚ and the word positively charged is understood as a negative qualification and (much-much rarer) vice versa. Irony thus is a stylistic device in which the contextual evaluative meaning of a word is directly opposite to its dictionary meaning‚ So‚ like all other SDs‚ irony does not exist outside the context‚ which varies from the minimal - a word combination‚ as in J. Steinbeck’s

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    English Literature written exercise on Tennyson and Dickinson Task: Compare and contrast these two different poetic treatments of the idea of journey. Focus on subject matter‚ compositional techniques including narrative voice and structure‚ style (especially choice of language) and what you take to be the authors’ values and intentions. Length: 1200-1500 words. Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death”‚ and Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Ulysses” are two vastly different poems

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    Stylistics Definitions of Stylistics: • The study of style. Style has to do with making CHOICES • The study of the way an author uses words and grammar as well as other elements both within the sentence and within the text as a whole • Part of linguistics which concentrates on variation in the use of language‚ often‚ but not exclusively with attention to the most conscious and complex use of language in literature. • The study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation. -

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    Stylistic Devices in Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury ’s 1953 Fahrenheit 451 contains a number of interesting stylistic devices. Robert Reilly praises Bradbury for having a style "like a great organ. ..." (73). David Mogen comments on the novel ’s "vivid style" (110). Peter Sisario applauds the "subtle depth" of Bradbury ’s allusions (201)‚ and Donald Watt pursues Bradbury ’s bipolar "symbolic fire" (197) imagery. In recent articles I discussed Bradbury ’s use of mirror imagery and nature imagery.

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    The Lady’s Inspiration Within Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poem‚ “The Lady of Shalott”‚ Tennyson creates a tale that may seem tragic at first read. Within the story he imagines‚ the Lady’s untimely death upon her arrival at Camelot seems like a failure on the Lady’s part. However‚ said failure seems more as an achievement when the ensnarement of her shadowy haven is considered worse than death. Through lines 109-116‚ her prison is discovered for what it is‚ and even though fate has destined for her to

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    If you are approaching Tennyson’s poem‚ "The Lady of Shalott"‚ this page will help you get started. It is intended especially for students (high-school age and older) who have read the poem in class. The Story John William Waterhouse‚ The Lady of Shalott 1888 The Lady of Shalott is a magical being who lives alone on an island upstream from King Arthur’s Camelot. Her business is to look at the world outside her castle window in a mirror‚ and to weave what she sees into a tapestry. She is forbidden

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