theme of the poem is the woman ’s exceptional beauty‚ internal as well as external. The first stanza praises her physical beauty. The second and third stanzas praise both her physical and spiritual‚ or intellectual‚ beauty. Byron uses rhythm and alliteration to enhance the appeal of the poem to the ear. He also uses similes‚ metaphors‚ personification and imagery to better express the beauty of the woman. Rhythm is “the recognizable pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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needed to seem tough‚ so they acted stronger then they were. The poem “Pluck” by Eva Dobell portrays the horrifying loss of innocence that many young soldiers endured during The Great War by her use of comparative stanzas‚ contrasting imagery‚ and alliteration. Eva Dobell uses the progression of stanzas to emphasize the boy’s loss of innocence through his childlike qualities and hardened adult qualities. The first stanza gives the context of the boy’s life by describing how the war made him “Crippled
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literature makes some significant use of the formal properties of the words it uses — the properties attached to the written or spoken form of the words‚ rather than to their meaning. Metre depends on syllables and on rhythms of speech; rhyme and alliteration depend on words that have similar pronunciation. Some recent poets‚ such as E. E. Cummings‚ made extensive use of words’ visual form." "Prose Prose consists of writing that does not adhere to any particular formal structures (other than
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the battle of life. Additionally there is a tone of control and order due to the rhyme scheme and the repetition of military images which symbolises the fathers desire to protect his son. Line 6 and 7: Alliteration and Juxtaposition “blisters beaded” and “tender” “raw” The use of plosive alliteration links to an onomatopoeic sound suggests the explosion of blisters and may symbolise the explosions that the father endured during a war. The emphasis on the words “tender” and “raw” stresses the child’s
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shinning‚ twinkling‚ sparkling‚ and flashing. “Continuous as the starsthat shine (alliteration + simile) And twinkleon the Milky Way‚” The daffodils were compared with the stars shinning and twinkling on the galaxy‚ and enjoying themselves in a happy dance. By that way‚ the poet immortalized the daffodils. They seemed to become more beautiful in the author’s poem. “The waves beside themdanced; but they (alliteration + comparison + personification) Out-did the sparklingwaves in glee:” The author
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Daniel Simeni 03/08/13 PRHS Mr. Trant “A Christmas Carol” “A Christmas Carol” was written by a woman by the name of Christina Rossetti. She was born in london on December 5‚ 1830. Her mother wanted her tp be home-schooled because she wanted her daughter to study religious work novels. From the year
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independence for coloured people. When receiving the award‚ Martin Luther King expresses his appreciation by a speech in Oslo. This speech is slightly different to his other speeches such as “I have a dream” or “Eulogy” as he uses less metaphors and alliterations and not only focuses on racial discrimination in the United States of America. He uses high vocabulary‚ as he speaks to a highly educated non-American
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With Time Comes Change “Now is the time when I would have wanted / to bestow this armor on my own son‚ / had it been my fortune to have fathered an heir / and live on in his flesh.” (2729-32) In the beginning Beowulf is focused on one thing‚ the task of defeating the monster Grendel for the rewards of gold and glory. He achieves these things not only after killing the monster Grendel but its mother as well. When he returns home he is greeted with honor and respect from his people. Beowulf
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In the two poems‚ The Magpies by Denis Glover and Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley a common theme is that of man’s immortality. In The Magpies this theme is made especially apparent through the comparison of the immortality of Elizabeth and Tom with nature’s ability to remain constant due to its continuous regeneration. Meanwhile‚ in Ozymandias a king has a statue built however just like him the statue does not survive and is actually left abandoned and forgotten in the desert. This theme of immortality
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of the main elements in print media. Its function is trying to grasp attention from a group of target audience. In this essay‚ I will focus on four rhetorical devices and explain their effectiveness. They are metaphor‚ cliché‚ overstatement and alliteration from an advertisement of OK! Weekly. On the other hand‚ pictures are always found in the print media. Therefore‚ I am going to analyze how effective they are and their relation to the words. OK! Weekly targeted on female audience who like to
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