How does the poet use language and form to give readers an insight into the thoughts and feelings of the speaker? Poems are a way of expressing yourself. To some people poems may seem like a bunch of meaning less words‚ however if you analyze each line you will find a great story behind it. In this essay I will be writing about two initially diverse poems‚ ‘Flag’ by John Agard and ‘Out of the Blue’ written by Simon Armitage. Agard is originally from Guyana in the Caribbean and is known
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How does the author engage the reader through the use of literary devices in your given extract? The opening of the text suggests that there is an element of angst. The writer uses a range of lexis to pull our attention to the text. We can tell from the opening that this isn’t going to be a pleasant read. It uses words such as macabre and calcified‚ which gives a sense of disturbance to the story. Even though the writer makes it out that the described is dead and barren‚ it has a sense of unnerve
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Critically assess the view that Amos’s message of social justice has much to offer the modern reader The message of Amos was a clear one “I will punish you for all your inequities”. He is the herald of judgement‚ the prophet of doom. Amos outlines exactly the nature of the transgressions for which the people were being punished in response to their inquiry as to what they had done wrong. Amos was predominantly concerned with wrongs done to people and society. They were judged because they had
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During his early childhood Charles Dickens travelled Great Britain due to his father’s job. H lived in mainly coastal towns as his father was a naval clerk and therefore became familiar with the scenes reflected in Great Expectations. Dickens has used memorable scenes and characters from his childhood; the marshes representing one of his youth time homes and many of the characters being written in the reflections of family members. Great Expectations seems to have been produced using the memories
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What themes and ideas does Gwen Harwood explore in her poetry and how does she communicate her ideas to the reader Gwen Harwood poems such as The Glass Jar and Prize-Giving illuminate concerns fundamental to human experience including life‚ death‚ spirituality and human fall from innocence explored abstractly through the prism of childhood experience. The use of binary opposites‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ musical motifs and biblical allusions allow for a multiplicity of responses and readings highlighting
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and sends Edmund looking for Edgar of who is sent away by Edmund to hide until Gloucester calms down. Edmund enters this scene reciting a soliloquy. In this soliloquy the reader is able to understand why Edmund’s character acts and thinks the way that he does‚ being the malcontent of the play. First and foremost‚ the reader gets the impression that Edmund’s actions are of natural impulses‚ ‘Thou‚ nature; my services are bound.’‚ showing animalistic tendencies in going by his primal instinct to
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Living in his little hobbit-hole in Hobbiton‚ Bilbo Baggins is not the adventurous type. He is content with his normal life: eating good food‚ which a favorite past-time of hobbits‚ sipping piping-hot tea and serving it to his guests‚ and strolling through the rolling hills watching the sun set. Little did Bilbo know‚ that one bright morning in May‚ his life would change as a result of a few unexpected guests. Journey with Gandalf the Grey‚ a mysterious wizard‚ thirteen dwarves‚ and a hobbit that
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Christmas Carol What is Charles Dickens moral message and how does he communicate it to the reader in “A Christmas Carol”? Christmas carol is a novel written by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) during the Victorian times in London. For me to explore the moral messages I feel it is important to acknowledge exactly what the message is. Charles Dickens throughout the novel communicates; Charity‚ goodwill‚ family‚ kindliness and humility as moral messages‚ however‚ I personally feel Charles Dickens most
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The extracts I will be analysing are from the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens. I am going to be describing how Dickens has succeeded in making the reader feel sorry for Pip. Dickens used his own experiences as a boy to help him write sympathetically of being a young child‚ his family had no money and got transferred from city to city until he was ten years old‚ his father was also sent to prison for six months over debt. He based the character Pip in remembrance of himself as
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In the break down of Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum‚ we learn as the reader‚ that the protagonist who is the narrator is to an extent unreliable. The footnote that are included in the novel‚ provide time shifts‚ which flash back‚ into times as early as her Great Grandmother. This then leads the reader into thinking whom it is possible that Ruby has access to the information and description seen in these footnotes. The Narrator also provides elements of the future in her speech‚ the
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