Mikole Kalesinskas Mrs. Roache AP English Juniors 13 January 2010 Analysis and Questions for the poem Daddy 1. Discuss the poet’s use of apostrophe in its direct address to the father figure. How does Plath stage that address as a kind of declaration of independence in the decisive tone with which she at once judges and dismisses the father? The poem Daddy‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ is a text which reveals to the reader‚ the nature of the persona’s relationship with her father as well
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when slavery was abolished. Dunbar‚ living in this time period‚ was able to experience the gruesome effects of racism‚ hatred and prejudice against blacks at its worst. Using literary techniques such as: alliteration‚ metaphor‚ persona‚ cacophony‚ apostrophe and paradox‚ Paul Dunbar’s poem suggests blacks of his time wore masks of smiling faces to hide their true feelings. In the first stanza‚ he starts off with the title
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delicious. * To separate coordinating modifiers – The prom was a happy‚ exciting occasion. * To set off parenthetical expressions – Mary‚ on the other hand‚ is quite pleasant. Use Apostrophes: * If the person’s name ends in S‚ STILL add an apostrophe – James’s pet elephant‚ Chris’s birthday * Use an apostrophe
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another‚ yet share the use of some rhetorical devices. Hawthorne used a legion of apostrophe and epithet‚ while Golding used a great deal of description and imagery. The forms of writing in the two books are different‚ but both authors use a variety of devices in divergent manners. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne broke the flow of the reading throughout the entirety of the book to address a topic‚ which is called apostrophe. One example in evident on page 18 which states‚ “Many characteristics—and those
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dependent)‚ sentence type (simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ compound-complex)‚ and purpose (declarative‚ interrogative‚ exclamatory‚ imperative). On each Thursday‚ you’ll add capitalization and punctuation including end punctuation‚ commas‚ semicolons‚ apostrophes‚ underlining‚ and quotation marks. On each Friday‚ you’ll compose a sentence that follows the same grammatical structures established in the sentence of the week‚ including similar parts of speech‚ sentence parts and phrases‚ clauses and sentence
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different in the way they address the beloved. Taylor use apostrophe (a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses a person who is dead or not physically present‚ a personified object‚ or non-human thing‚ or an abstract quality or idea). For example line 1: Make me‚ O Lord‚ Thy spinning wheel complete. By contrast‚ the title of Bradstreet’s poem indicates that the speaker is addressing her husband‚ but the poem contains no apostrophe. As you read‚ look for ways in which each poem reflects
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however Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery” displays a more puritanical message. These poets use apostrophe and metaphors to thoroughly describe the subject in which they were writing. “To My Dear and Loving Husband” is a poem that portrays Anne Bradstreet’s thoughts on her marriage. While Bradstreet writes about her love for her husband‚ Edward Taylor writes indirectly about his love for God in his poem‚ “Huswifery.” Apostrophe is a figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an inanimate object‚ idea‚ or in
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like a child. In “The Lamb‚” William Blake creates a childlike tone through a very songlike form and structure. What this does is give the poem an innocent view‚ more in the first stanza than in the second. Through the use of apostrophe‚ the entire poem being an apostrophe‚ William Blake attributes human qualities to a lamb‚ the lamb being the listener‚ the child being the speaker. Throughout the entire poem the lamb and the child are interchangeable‚ the child is a lamb‚ the lamb is a child‚ it’s
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poem talking about how a child’s‚ Jontae‚ first amendment right was being infringed. May used very many literary devices and terms to make the reader understand his warning. The most important uses that he used was his use of diction‚ allusions and apostrophe. May certainly uses a high level of diction than most every day poets. May will use words to allow the reader to almost feel what is happening in the story. An example of this would be when May is describing how to classify wars‚ “Identify war
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