Owen uses various techniques and devices to evoke the sense of World War One. Words such as ‘beggars’‚ ‘children’ and ‘boys’ refers to the soldiers. In the first verse‚ ‘Bent double‚ like old beggars under sack‚ knocked-kneed‚ coughing like hags‚ we cursed through sludge’‚ ‘like’ indicates that it’s the use of simile and ‘old beggars’ is hyperbole of soldiers’ fatigue. ‘Knocked-knee’ is the use of alliteration. ‘His hanging face‚ like a devil’s sick of sin;’ is a visible image of the war. He depicts
Premium Dulce et Decorum Est Poetry Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
My Quality World My Tomorrow Most people don’t really understand what "Quality World" really means. Dr. William Glasser coined this term‚ a psychiatrist who believes that we all have an idea of what we really want in life. According to this author "Quality World" is the overall understanding of everything that is important to us (e.g. possession‚ principles and beliefs‚ experiences and relationships) in our lives. The quality world I imagine to be living in ten years from now is one where I have
Premium Electrical engineering Electronic engineering Electronics
material progress and are trying to make life comfortable for ’us’. Consideration for others is diminishing and we have forgotten to look at the interest of the human race as a whole. We think in terms of boundaries and territories instead of the world and its inhabitants - the mankind. We want every thing for ’us’ and ’us’ only. In this jungle we have started living like packs and prides‚ grabbing the others’ resources for our benefit only. Morality and moral values are gone and I see that we
Free Morality Human Civilization
Marianna Moore “Poetry” While reading this poem‚ at first it was difficult to completely understand what is happening or what is exactly is being told. I decided to break down sentence by sentence to make it easier and it helped bring out the poems true colors. “I too dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle”. After reading this segment it points out to me that our speaker shares that she too doesn’t like it referring to the reader that they must not like it
Free Poetry
My Beloved World In Sonia Sotomayor’s book‚ My Beloved World‚ Sotomayor mentioned a memory in her childhood that I could definitely relate my past with. “If I needed to have these shots every day for the rest of my life‚ the only way I’d survive was to do it myself.” Those lines represent a time in Sotomayor’s life when a decision had to be made. She had to either learn how to prepare the syringe and inject the insulin or she could possibly risk being stabbed in the face by her panicking
Premium Learning Family Skill
At the end of Act III of Hamlet‚ Claudius has been sent reeling with guilt after seeing his own act of murder carried out on stage. The King begins to pray as his own repentance for his sins all the while he is being spied on by Hamlet who decides that rather than use this opportunity to fulfill his revenge‚ he should postpone it so that Claudius would not be able to enter heaven. This brings him to his mother‚ Gertrude‚ who has just finished talking to Polonius in her room when her son comes barging
Premium Hamlet Characters in Hamlet Gertrude
Good morning‚ teacher and all of my fellow friends‚ today I am going to share about my imagination world. We usually had a lot of pictures and imaginations flying through our mind. Most of the time‚ I love to imagine too‚ although I am not such a creative thinking person. Now‚ let me share something about my imagination world. Sometimes‚ I prefer the colorful of magic in my mind. In my mind‚ a magical world should have fairies‚ spell casters‚ lots of colorful and beautiful spell above the air‚
Free Imagination Psychology Cognition
In my perfect world‚ everyone is kind. Any girl who has ever snubbed another will come to the realisation that life is too precious to waste it with snide comments. Everyone who has every taken advantage of their beauty‚ will descend from their high horse and hold hands with those of our level. The words "fat" and "ugly" do not exist. In my perfect world‚ cancer is an illusion. Diabetics can eat all the chocolate they like without endangering themselves‚ the mentally ill will clear their minds‚
Premium Love Hand Cher
Poetry can evoke strong feelings in readers. Select three poems we’ve read and examine the literary techniques the poets used to evoke a reader’s emotional response (note: not your emotional response.) How do the poets’ various techniques connect to their readers’ feelings? Because a writer wants to evoke strong feelings into their writings‚ they use a variety of techniques from wording to the sense of the feeling the reader feels. In the poem‚ “Harlem‚” by Langston Hughes‚ he uses the descriptive
Premium African American Emotion Writing
My Dream World When thinking about a “ quality world ” I think of everything going right and being perfect. I think of having money‚ having a good job‚ raising a family‚ and most importantly‚ happiness. Everybody has a world where they would want everything to go their way and have everything they need. So we try to get as close as we can to that fantasy by setting goals for ourselves. Some of my ideas of a perfect world seems they could be reached if I stay focused and worked hard. My dream
Free Dream Dreaming Psychology