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    Love of the mysterious‚ strange or supernatural is widely seen in Romantic Poetry. Through this idea‚ many authors were able to convey their love of nature. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ Coleridge uses imagery‚ alliteration and similes to demonstrate the isolation of the Mariner. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ Coleridge uses imagery to demonstrate the isolation of the mariner. “Alone‚ alone‚ all‚ all alone‚ alone on a wide sea!” (4.9) This quote illustrates the point that the mariner is very

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    describing the physical discomfort of the travelers as well as an emotional wrench as the people from the war torn countries break off from there old lives and leave behind the sunset. The poor physical conditions and qualities are emphasised in alliteration “shirtless in shorts‚ barefooted” a metaphor is used to describe what the people are in “themselves a landscape”. “Milk white” is an adjective to describe the people’s flesh which

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    What Does The Tyger Mean

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    In "The Tyger"‚Blake uses alliteration to intensify his description of the tyger state. For example‚ he states‚ " Tyger Tyger‚ burning bright"(1). I noticed that in this line‚ the writer pairs burning with a positive term in order to describe the beauty of being experienced/ older as well as the corruption of it. The writer continues in line 4 with alliteration. He states‚ "Could frame thy fearful symmetry?". This is when the central question

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    to create meaning. The use of a paradox on line 24 referring to the Öltank as Häßlicher and Schönste in succession could imply an air of confusion or perhaps of apprehension of the Intellektuellen. Another technique employed by Brecht is that of alliteration‚ which is first seen on line 5. The effect of the v sound is quite interesting as it could be considered as

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    adult for the reader to understand how she felt when she was a young girl moving to how she feels now. This poem is from the “The Other Country” collection‚ they all have a central theme of growing up with literary devices of imagery‚ diction‚ and alliteration threaded through the poem to help grab the reader’s attention. Duffy writes this poem using symbols as if she is telling the story to someone because that is the only way she can recall her true identity of from where she is “Originally‚” from

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    illustrates a form of alliteration; ‘The pool players’ - (line 1) refers to ‘We’ in the upcoming lines of the poem. The second stanza is about the younger years of the school dropouts – ‘We left school’ (line 2). Alliteration is used to describe the school dropouts Brooks is talking about – ‘We’ (line 3-4). The third and fourth stanza both discuss the lives of the school dropouts; the things they do – ‘Lurk late’ (line 3)‚ ‘We thin gin’ (line 6). In these stanzas alliteration illustrates the characters

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    his documentary account of the Clutter family murders‚ Truman Capote challenges the boundaries of nonfiction‚ creating a nonfiction novel and defining the true crime genre. In opening In Cold Blood‚ Capote uses contrasting descriptions‚ frequent alliteration‚ and distinct syntax to create a setting and establish a pace for the remainder of the piece. The included descriptions of the town vary‚ but combined‚ they create a setting for story. Capote contrasts the ordinary with the extraordinary

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    Robert Frost

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    poems that illustrate this are‚ “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “After Apple Picking”. Both of these poems are concerned with the persona contemplating the meaning of life and death. Frost utilises several poetic techniques such as alliteration‚ rhyme‚ metaphor and personification to demonstrate these important ideas. Firstly‚ the power of Frost’s poetry to convey important ideas is relevant in the poem “Stopping by the Woods on Snowy Evening”. This poem reflects upon the deeper issues

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    Homecoming by Bruce Dawe All day‚ day after day‚ they’re bringing them home‚ they’re picking them up‚ those they can find‚ and bringing them home‚ they’re bringing them in‚ piled on the hulls of Grants‚ in trucks‚ in convoys‚ they’re zipping them up in green plastic bags‚ they’re tagging them now in Saigon‚ in the mortuary coolness they’re giving them names‚ they’re rolling them out of the deep-freeze lockers – on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut the noble jets are whining like hounds‚ they

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    Cape Horn This essay is about a poem called Cape Horn‚ by Giles Dixey. I believe the message that this poem is trying to convey to us is that nature is an immensely powerful force. This poem displays the wrath of Mother Nature‚ which can be horrifically terrifying and destructive. This poem is trying to teach us to never underestimate nature. The actual poem is about a storm-battered ship‚ drifting aimlessly and helplessly‚ after suffering at the hands of Mother Nature. The ship is wandering the

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