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    Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy

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    using a powerful language‚ effective tones and different text structures. Carol Ann Duffy uses language very effectively to enhance the understanding and fluency of the poem. She uses alliterations such as “Greek God” “bride’s breath” to make the poem go fluently and she uses sibilance which is the alliteration with s’s like “soured‚ stank”. She also uses onomatopoeia “hissed” reason for this is to contact with the audience make the reader feel as they are in the poem. By all of these‚ she makes

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    uses imagery like “Great waves looked over others coming in” (2). As you see these poems are both similar by both using figurative language.         Next‚ a second similarity in these poems is how they chose to write these with patterns. First‚ alliteration is a key term they used in writing these poems. In “Southbound on the Freeway”‚ Swenson

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    Sympathy

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    "I know what the caged bird feels‚ alas"‚ the word alas is an expression of the grief and sadness the poet is going through. "When the sun is bright on the upland slopes‚ when the wind stirs soft through the springing grass" here the poet uses alliteration twice using the letters w and s. "And the river flows like a stream of glass" the poet uses a figure of speech which is a simile to compare the river with glass‚ the purpose of this simile is to enhance the beauty of river stream by comparing

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    We Real Cool

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    response from its reader. The first element that will be discussed is the language of the poem. Gwendolyn uses two classic language elements of poetry‚ rhyme and alliteration. Rhyme gives this poem its flow and rhythm. Brooks uses very simple rhymes. “We real cool. We left school” is one of four straightforward rhymes she employs. Alliteration provides the poem a particular sound. “Lurk late” and “Jazz June” are examples of the repetition of initial sounds used. The language that has been chosen in

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    The Highwayman

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    Poetry has been called the best words in the best order. The Highwayman deserves to win the title of “The best words in the best order” because of various compelling messages‚ themes and an assortment of stimulating language techniques‚ and vivid descriptions. The Highwayman is a ballad written by Alfred Noyes‚ a tale of Revenge‚ betrayal‚ forbidden love‚ courage‚ and moreover selfless sacrifice. It shows that LOVE can overcome any barrier‚ for example‚ we know that “The Highwayman” is a common

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    analysis of poem

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    To analyze a poem stylistically‚ we can analyze the poetic device‚ which is usually deviation and foregrounding‚ that the poet used in the poem. The term foregrounding refers to an effect brought about in the reader by linguistic or other forms of deviation in the literary text (Leech‚ 1985).In poem‚ devices of foregrounding and deviation are always used to draw reader’s attention and impress the readers. In the aspect of deviation and foregrounding‚ there are some perspectives on the nature of poetic

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    was helpful for understanding why it was written the way it was‚ it sure made it easier. 2. Revisiting the text and looking at it more closely I noticed a lot more literary devices. The alliteration was hard to spot at first until I started reading it out loud. I recognized the patterns; the alliteration was a reoccurring literary device. The compounded words that I found seemed to be words that were used very often in those times because they were used so much in the text. It’s interesting because

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    regards to life after death. Also‚ this piece of literature covered a lot of terms we have learned while in class. For example‚ all of these terms found within our textbook “alliteration‚ imagery‚ repetition‚ and personification (Kirszner‚ & Mandell‚ 2012).” For example‚ when the narrative presents the audience with alliteration by describing the saw features combined with “the smell of dust the saw produced when cutting (Kirszner‚ & Mandell‚ 2012 p. 420”. Then there was the stove length stick of wood

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    Beowulf

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    awaiting the moment when Grendel attacked him so the monster could be aware that Beowulf’s strength matches his. 2. The kennings that associated Grendel with evil were that he was a shepherd of evil‚ a guardian of crime. 3. Examples of alliteration provided in these lines‚ 440-504‚ are flight‚ fastened and cracked‚ clutched. *PART 9‚ pp. 34-35. 1. The action of Beowulf’s men upholds the Anglo-Saxon code of honor in the sense that they are ready and prepared to attack if needed to protect

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    show the memory fade out into slip away. Besides‚ she had make use of words related to senses such as "touch"‚ "see" and "say". Moreover‚ she used repetition‚ alliteration‚ assonance and internal rhymes. For repetition‚ she repeated the word "I could" many times as to express her longing to remember the memory of the meeting. For alliteration‚ she used the words like "meeting me" to attract us. For assonance‚ she stress on the vowel sound ’O’ very much to catch our soundings. And for internal rhymes

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