Santiago Godoy Ms. Wallenius AP English‚ Per. 4 13 November 2014 Literary Device 15 – Apostrophe Definition: In its simplest form‚ this is when a speaker or an author detaches themselves from reality to state something personified or abstract. Example: “Within a month – let me not think on’t Frailty‚ thy name is women – A little month‚ or ere those shoes were old with which she followed my poor father’s body” (I. ii. 145-148). Function: During this scene in the first act‚ Hamlet depicts his true
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In the passage from “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚” in the third paragraph Douglass is trying to convey apostrophe‚ because it contrasts with his development. Douglass’ utilization of grammar and metaphorical dialect set this passage separated and fortify Douglass’ exhibit that in spite of the way that servitude would leave the reader "behold a man transformed into a brute" (16-17)‚ slaves were not creatures but rather men‚ with dreams and yearnings of their own
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so desolate when it goes—why human hearts can feel such hope and love when it is present‚ and such despair and hatred when it is gone. 3. An apostrophe is when the writing addresses someone or something that isn’t present‚ as if they were and were capable of understanding. When Shelley questions the Spirit of Beauty‚ it can be described as an apostrophe because he was speaking of the traits of intellectual beauty and then directly shifts to speaking to intellectual beauty itself. 4. 5. He
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INTRODUCTION A sonnet of fourteen lines divided between three quatrains and an ending couplet‚ "To India My Native Land" is a song of love and deep emotion from Henry Louis Vivian Derozio to his "fallen country‚" India. The poem was published before Derozio’s untimely death at the age of twenty-two from cholera in 1831. The abab abcc dede ff rhyme scheme employed by Derozio is most clearly identifiable as a variation of Edmund Spenser’s Amoretti rhyme scheme Introduction to the Poem • To
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) in what is essentially just a description of a day? [25] Outline content/context Interest = ? transeat…stent…ponat….. Jussives – word order molliter Elegiac implications – emotional undercurrent/ suggestion o cara mihi apostrophe surge….finge….indue….. (Impatient) imperatives primum pura ….primum…… Anaphora: starting something great – nostalgic reminiscence regna Sexual suggestion dies…..venti…..unda… Submission of the natural world et Niobae ………edita pennis
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reader. The poet A.E. Housman wrote the poems “When I Was One-And-Twenty” and “To An Athlete Dying Young”. In the poem “To An Athlete Dying Young” the poetic devices of repetition and irony are important to the poem. The poetic devices imagery and apostrophe are important to the poem‚ “When I Was One-And-Twenty”. The relationship that Housman had with his roommate‚ Moses Jackson‚ had a large influence on his poetry. A.E. Housman was born on March 26‚ 1859 in Fockbury‚ England (Bloom). During the period
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the band Foo Fighters‚ an American rock band formed by singer/guitarist/drummer Dave Grohl in 1995‚ both talk about a hero who dies young and in the peak of their fame. Similar literary elements that the poem and the song shared were they both had apostrophe and both of their stanzas are quatrain. Something that “To an Athlete Dying Young” had that “My Hero” did not have was metaphors and personification. The poem and song are both try to look at death in more of a positive way‚ and being young but
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My Poetry Book By Hans Page 1– Table of Contents Page 2 – Thoughts on poetry Page 3 – Similes Page 4 – Metaphors Page 5 – Personification Page 6 – Apostrophe Page 7 – Hyperbole Page 8 – Onomatopoeia Page 9 – Internal rhyme Page 10 – Imagery Page 11 – Alliteration Page 12 – Autobiographical Poem Page 13 – Acrostic poem Page 14 – “This Is Just to Say” Poem Page 15 – My Favorite Poet(s) My thoughts on poetry My favorite poems are jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
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to see the Daltons’ cat‚ but cautious of making any noise‚ he restrained his scream to prevent himself from gathering any more attention. Wright exhibits apostrophe when Bigger’s mother calls to the Lord out of frustration‚ exclaiming‚ “Lord‚ I get so tired of this I don’t know what to do” (11). Like this example‚ Wright commonly uses apostrophe‚ specifically directed to the Lord‚ to show the stereotypical religious fervency of the black race. When Bigger watches as Max leaves the jail cell‚ onomatopoeia
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the landlord is being harsh on the speaker and will throw his furniture out and call the cops just to make him pay the rent. This poem uses figures of speech. It uses apostrophe when the speaker calls out‚ "Landlord‚ landlord." The poem doesn’t use metaphor or simile; instead it tells the story straight forward. The apostrophe in this poem greatly contributes to the feeling and meaning. It shows that the tenant is telling the landlord these problems‚ and almost pleading or begging him to fix his
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