truly showcases the depth of emotions authors feel about a subject. In Emily Dickinson’s poem “I dwell in Possibility”‚ She expresses how poetry is superior to prose by comparing the two styles as houses. Describing how there are so many more creative opportunities there are with poetry‚ she uses an extended metaphor of an elegant home to portray her feelings of poetry. The uses of metaphor‚ imagery and rhyme elevate her poem and present her feelings on how poetry superior at displaying creativity
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Christian wife “faith”. Hawthorne was very clever in naming the characters; he uses the allegory and imagery. He takes a different gothic approach‚ he never uses the concept of death like Atwood does‚ instead he uses religion‚ and the concept of heaven and hell‚ good and bad‚ right and wrong. Both authors used similar techniques in getting their concept across. Atwood uses more of a gothic influence rather than Hawthorne; I will compare both stories and their similarities and differences in gothic
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Emily Dickinson’s poetry can be seen as a study of deep fears and emotions‚ specifically in her exploration of death. In her famous poem #465 Dickinson explores the possibility of a life without the elaborate‚ finished ending that her religious upbringing promised her. She forces herself to question whether there is a possibility of death being a mundane nothingness. In this last moment of doubt in the appearance of the divine‚ the speaker in the poem find an independent and personal acceptance of
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society‚ there is and always has been complications between Caucasians and African-Americans. In this poem‚ Sharon Olds explores this relationship using imagery‚ repetition‚ and multiple tone shifts. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author introduces a situation that contrasts a white person with a black. Correspondingly‚ she applies imagery to emphasize this difference greatly. For example‚ the shoes he is wearing at the time are black “laced with white” and compares them to “intentional scars.” These
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Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson’s poetry mostly reflects her feelings towards death and the projected events after death. As a poet‚ she was a very inward‚ and wrote about feelings that came from deeply within her--unlike other poets of her time whose societies were directly shown in their poetry (i.e.-Walt Whitman). Of course social and historical values shaped her personality‚ but in her poetry alone little can be derived about either the time period she lived in or the political and societal
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She also works as a cab driver. I love Audrey. Audrey has always believed in me. She always said she likes me too much to be with me. But she refuses to love. She doesn’t want to feel that way about me. I can’t accept that. I wonder if she’ll ever know that no one will love her as hard as I do. She doesn’t want love from anyone. I have to respect that. “Can I stay Ed?” “For good “ Audrey kisses me; she looks happy. Audrey’s fingers hold on to mine. “I think it belongs to us.”
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Literary Analysis of “A Rose For Emily” The short story‚ “A Rose for Emily”‚ by William Faulkner‚ is told by an unnamed narrator and broken into five sections. The story is not chronological‚ but completely out of order‚ adding mystery and climax. The first section begins with the death of the main character‚ Emily Grierson‚ and relates the thoughts and actions of the small Southern U.S. town. A flawed relationship between the town and Miss Emily is seen throughout the story. The tension between
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A Unique Sense of Style “ Words- so innocent and powerless as they are‚ as standing in a dictionary‚ how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.” (Nathaniel Hawthorne). Hawthorne was an extarordinarily remarkable author. His style was so unique that it even differed drastically from other authors in his own time period. One can see his one of a kind style in his most famous novel The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne uses motifs‚ symbolism‚ and ambiguity
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Vivian English 1102 February 2‚ 2013 Literary Analysis: A Rose For Emily The brilliantly written story “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner holds various themes and symbols that can be interpreted in several ways. This short story is about Emily Grierson’s life through the eyes of the townspeople in a small‚ old southern town. It starts with the odd relationship between Emily and her father before and after he dies then continues with how Emily slowly becomes isolated after poisoning her “yankee”
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rose for Emily evaluation Analysis English composition II Professor Polnac The short story A Rose for Emily is the tale about Emily Grierson and the time leading to her death. Emily was raised by her father to have a sense of class and expectation to be treated as such. Emily grew up in an era where black women were not allowed to be on the street without aprons‚ this was set into motion by her father. Her house was on one of the nicer streets in the town and was kept well. Emily was raised
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