the play Macbeth. The class will be take a test on Monday‚ 5/12 including all of these concepts: Topics: -aside -apostrophe (literary term‚ not punctuation) -hyperbole -subtext -paradox -soliloquy -iambic pentameter -meter vs. prose in Shakespeare -When and Why Shakespeare uses rhyme -clothing metaphors in Macbeth -use of threes in Macbeth -the historical‚ real Macbeth -the Globe Theater -acting companies in Renaissance England -Why King James is the intended audience of Macbeth
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If snow /be white‚/ why then/ her breasts/ are dun; Note the proper iambic pentameter structure. That music hath a far more pleasing sound; Assonance; the "a" sound is repeated three times in this line. I grant I never saw a goddess go; Alliteration; the hard "g" sound is repeated three times in this line. My mistress‚ when she walks‚ treads on the ground: And yet‚ by heaven‚ I think my love as rare IRONY Note the rhyme scheme of the couplet; gg. The turn‚ or volta occurs here when Shakespeare
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figurative language | Appeal | Intellect | Emotions | Aim | Convince‚ Inform‚ Instruct | Stirs the readers imagination‚ present an ideal of how life should be and how life can be | A. Prose –is an ordinary form of written or spoken language without rhyme or meter‚ either fiction or nonfiction.Prose is writing that resembles everyday speech. The word prose is derived from the Latin word‚ “prosa” which literally means straightforward. Prose is adopted for the discussion of facts and topical reading and
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in short passages. > John Keats‚ To Autumn: Autumnal season as a female figure amid the scenes and activities of harvest. - Sustained allegory: Middle ages‚ dream vision‚ narrator falls asleep and experiences an allegoric dream. Alliteration: - Alliteration is the repetition of a speech sound in a sequence or nearby words‚ usually applied to consonance. - Alliterative meter: The verse is unrhymed ‚ each line is divided into two half lines of two strong stresses by a decisive pause. Assonance:
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two-word poetic renamings of people‚ places‚ and things such as the kenning whales’ home for the sea ex from Beowulf: “I have come so far‚ / Oh shelterer of warriors and your people’s loved friend‚ / That this one favor you should not refuse me.” 2. Alliteration: the repitition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables ex from Beowulf: “up from his swamland‚ sliding silently” 3. Assonance: the repitition of vowel sounds in unrhymed‚ stressed syllables Ex: “batter these ramparts” 4. Caesuras:
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Sonnet I from William Percy‚ Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia. London‚ 1594. Analysis of the communicative situation and the topic‚ about the figuartive language‚ the metre and the central problem. 1. Communicative Situation and Topic In the following I am going to analyse the poem “Sonnet I” by William Percy which is the first part of his series “Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia” (1594). The poem deals with a man suffering from unreturned love which leads to an unexpected change of his attitude
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How Deep Is Love? Passion and love are contained within the heart. This exemplifies the declaration of love written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. “How Do I Love Thee? Let me Count the Ways” is a poem including rhyme and sentimental meaning. This sonnet‚ in iambic pentameter‚ portrays the love that Browning felt for her husband and how that love will never be destroyed by any power. Answering the simple question‚ “how do I love thee?” sets the basis of the poem. The narrator of the poem is that
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the phrase “I love thee” at the beginning of several lines as an easy way to hold to the unstressed-stressed pattern dictated by iambic meter (line 5). The repetition is extended in the last two lines of the opening octave with the lines‚ “I love thee freely‚ as men strive for Right; / I love thee purely‚ as they turn from Praise” (lines 7-8). Browning also uses alliteration‚ as the following examples illustrate: thee‚ the (lines 1‚ 2‚ 5‚ 9‚ 12)‚ soul‚ sight (line 3)‚ and love‚ level (line 5). Being
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Jamaica‚ so it is obvious that he missed his home country. This poem sounds fitting to an experience that he could have had. The Tropics in New York is written in iambic pentameter‚ which means there are five feet‚ or pairs‚ of unaccented then accented syllables per line. There are three stanzas and each stanza contains four lines. The rhyme
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Surprised by Joy is about Wordworth’s acceptance of his grief. The poem progresses from a lack of clear metrical structure to a rhythm with clarity. This change embodies Wordworth’s progression from cognitive dissonance to resolute cohesion of his emotions and thoughts. The poets internal battle with opposing emotions of joy and grief are entrenched The personification of the wind at the beginning of the poem Surprised by Joy is about Wordworth’s acceptance of his eternal grief. Surprised
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