In The Laboratory‚ the courtesan chooses poison as her murder weapon. Poison is often the weapon of choice for female killers. It requires little or no physical strength to administer‚ and can be done secretly. It also leaves little evidence thus making it difficult to detect the culprit. We believe the act of murder is because of another woman that her lover is with and she feels physically inferior to her rival. We know this because she starts saying ‘What a drop! She’s not little‚ no minion like
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Ballad of the Landlord is about an African American tenant whose apartment is falling apart and doesn’t want to pay the rent until the landlord fixes the problems. At the end of the poem‚ the landlord calls the police and they take him away to jail for refusing to pay the rent. The speaker in this poem is a poor African American tenant. He is angry that the landlord won’t fix anything yet still wants him to pay the rent. I would characterize the speaker as someone who doesn’t want to be cheated
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other (where something is said to be something else) Simile: A comparison between two things where one thing is said to be “like” or “as” another. Personification: When non-living things‚ objects and concepts are given human characteristics. Alliteration: Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in close succession. Assonance: Repetition of the same vowel sound in a sentence to create internal rhyming. Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate or suggest the sound that
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Thomas illustrates how men should battle their death for the sake of a noble end. Thomas utilizes numerous literary devices which contribute to the mood of the poem‚ some of which are: sustained metaphor‚ repetition‚ parallelism‚ oxymoron‚ and alliteration. As a
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get us‚ the reader‚ to sense a particular thing. In this poem “Ozymandias” by Shelley Percy Bysshe‚ there are different types of sound devices. The poet uses alliteration multiple times throughout the poem. “Cold command” and “boundless and bare” are examples of alliteration because the beginning letter of each word is the same. Alliteration helps the poet to make their meaning clear because repeating the same constant is used to emphasize a point and it can give additional amusing effects to the
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Assignment #1 Part A 2. What are the symbolic significances of the candy store in Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s "The Pennycandystore Beyond the El" (Geddes‚ 318)? The candy store in "The Pennycandystore Beyond the El" is symbolic of a child’s youth. This poem is referring to the fact that our childhood passes by too soon and the candy store is a reminder that we need to seize every moment to enjoy it. The pennycandystore offers as a retreat or refuge to the bad weather outside and the stresses
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1. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. For example‚ “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” are both alliterative phrases. In the former‚ all the words start with the “s” sound‚ while in the later‚ the “p’s” take precedence. Aside from tongue twisters‚ alliteration
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snail” End-stopped: “Full of vise saws and modern instances;” Throughout this poem there is no rhyme scheme. The rhythm is written in an iambic pentameter (10 beats in a line). There are many devices of sound in this poem; alliteration‚ assonance and others. Examples of alliteration are “quick in quarrel; plays his part; a world too wide; shrunk shrank”. Examples of assonance are “their exits and their entrances; mewling and puking; eyes severe and beard”. These devices contribute to the poems effect
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two examples of ‘s’ sounds in the middle of words. c. Write out two examples with ‘s’ sounds at the end. 4. Poetic Terms: a. Write out one example of a rhyming couplet. b. Write out two examples of assonance. c. Write out two examples of alliteration. d. Write out two examples of internal rhyme. 5. On the creative level (not literal)‚ what did Annabel Lee die of? According to the author‚ what is the reason for Annabel Lee’s death (NOT the cause)? 6. In the poem‚ what is the literal cause
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emotions as it is the poets very first attempt at love exhibiting his feelings for Mary. The opening of the first stanza only shows how sudden and unexpected the feeling was as he was never ‘struck before that hour’. This is followed my sibilance alliteration ‘ so sudden and so sweet’ further emphasizing on the shock and bewilderment of the overwhelming feeling confirming it is a new experience. He uses his ‘heart’ as a symbol that she has ‘stolen’ completely ‘away’ however unknowingly. The paragraph
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