[3] Stylistics also attempts to establish principles capable of explaining the particular choices made by individuals and social groups in their use of language‚ such as socialisation‚ the production and reception of meaning‚ critical discourse analysis and literary criticism. Other features of stylistics include the use of dialogue‚ including regional accents and people’s dialects‚ descriptive language‚ the use of grammar‚ such as the active voice or passive voice‚ the distribution of sentence lengths
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Thanks for your review. You found the work DOA. Mr. Macauley found it "boring". I found it hilarious! And not in a good way. There were so many moments when I needed to cover my face from laughing so hard. Really? This is the Bolshoi? For a moment there I thought I might be in "Trockadero Land"‚ but without the Trocks’ magnificent sense of timing and joie de vive! I too agree that the scenery (and many of the costumes) are simply so ugly that they constantly distract. All those curtains going up
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The poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet‚ is not just an exceedingly felt expression of a wife’s marital love and commitment to her husband‚ as it is about a puritan women who is supposed to be reserved but she makes it her obligation to enlighten her husband of her devotion. A thorough analysis of the poem’s paradox‚ hyperbole‚ imagery and repetition reveals how she conveys her message. The opening lines of the poem show how strong her feelings are for her husband. Bradstreet
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In Gabriel Okara’s poem‚ “Piano and Drums”‚ Okara expresses his feelings and thoughts of a primitive society in contrast to a western society. Being an African himself‚ and having studied in a western society‚ the poem reflects the confusion in his emotions as well as the loss of self-identity. The title of the poem itself‚ “Piano and Drums” displays a sense of dissimilarity and contrast as the instruments are so unalike in terms of sophistication. Throughout the entire poem‚ Okara incorporates
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This poem talks about a path of neglect that a man followed that led to the destruction of his red apple tree. The narrator put too much of his time and attention on his other marvels to not put it into the apple tree as well. Therefore his red apple tree‚ though thought to be inevitable‚ died and filled the narrator with regret. A regret that appears to haunt the author‚ and fills him with sorrow. One of the literacy devices used in “Neglect” is imagery. Towards the beginning of the poem‚ the
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The Drifters ‘Drifters’ is a poem about one woman’s refusal to abandon hope‚ in spite of overwhelming hardship. The family has to move from place to place‚ as the father needs to move by the demand of his job. Despite Dawe’s use of causal language‚ if you read carefully you would be able to see the seriousness of what he is saying. The narrative structure adopted in this poem is third person limited. In the wife’s point of view‚ this is effective as a wife wants a family more than husband
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Poems have the ability to pick at one’s heart strings and reveal strong emotions. In The Whipping‚ the reader experiences what life is like for a young boy. “The old woman across the way / is whipping the boy again [...] (Hayden 1).” Robert Hayden‚ author of The Whipping‚ has captured a horrible event in a graceful way. This poem will be judged based upon its form as well as its aspects of foreshadowing. It is important to also consider The Whipping’s ability to flow smoothly. There are some key
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so it would be more appealing to varied audiences. Hollywood changes the epic poem so much in the movie to draw people’s attention‚ make it a good versus evil kind of movie instead of flat like the poem and making it a more sexy/ emotional movie. In the epic poem and the movie there are quite a few similarities. One being the symbols‚ Grendel represents life’s ordinary obstacles‚ Grendel’s mom represents
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in his or her works. Natalie Czech’s “A Poem by Repetition by Allen Ginsberg” combines two powerful pieces of art‚ poetry and photography to create one cohesive piece of art. The art is inspired by writings documented in Ginsberg’s personal journal; not originally being a poet‚ Ginsberg later had his journal turned into a poem. Czech later discovered the poems and altered the ending to a broader form of self-appreciation‚ changing the last line of the poem from “anybody‚” to “anything.”
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This Land is Your Land‚ Incomplete The poem “This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie is originally a seven stanza poem that is often cut short in the recorded versions known to many. The poem’s main element is imagery of America’s landmarks to exorcise an emotion out of the reader. The first four stanzas have a much more celebratory tone compared to the final three. The last three stanzas are cut out‚ so as to not dampen the joyful tone of the song. The tone of the work takes a more serious
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