Assisi The poem ‘Assisi’ written by Norman MacCraig in which the poet’s feelings are revealed. The poem tells of a deformed dwarf who sits on the steps of a church that was built in the honour of St Francis. The poet describes the suffering of the dwarf then he describes how hypocritical the priest is being by taking tourists round the church rather than helping the dwarf. Paragraph 2. The dwarf “The dwarf with his hands on backwards” The poet uses this metaphor to describe how twister
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The Bench The short story “The Bench”‚ written by John Fuller in the year of 2007‚ is about a young‚ pregnant woman who meets a woman that cannot have children by her favorite bench in the park. She is scheduled for an abortion but chooses to keep the baby and give it to the woman who can’t have children. She doesn’t tell her about the idea though‚ and she never sees the woman again resulting in her keeping the baby herself after all. The point of view of the story is from the main character
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Narrator discovers adventure in the local swamp “ever wrinkle‚ every hollow in the landscape led to the hissing maze down there”. Winton’s implication of onomatapia describes the luring landscape and “reeds bristled like venetian blinds in the breeze” a simile incorporates the beauty of the swamp and its power to discover adventure. The
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beyond their literal ones. Figures of speech give extra dimension to language by stimulating the imagination and evoking visual‚ sensual imagery; such language paints a mental picture in words. Some types of figurative language are the following: Simile: a direct comparison of two things‚ usually employing the words like or as. “He watches from his mountain walls‚ And like a thunderbolt he falls.” (Tennyson) “My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit.” (Christina
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Belonging is the idea of being part of something where you are accepted. Individuals are accepted through the relationships and connections made with other individuals‚ groups and family. These ideas of belonging can be explored through the poetry of Emily Dickinson. In her poem‚ “This is my letter to the world‚” Dickinson demonstrates the element of her desire to belong through a metaphorical letter. This desire can similarly be seen through her poem “I had been hungry all the years‚” in which Dickinson
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• Now consider similes and metaphors; what semantic areas do they belong? What is the poet’s aim in using them? Simile compares soldiers to beggars because of appearance (ragged‚ dirty) but also has connotations of being uncared-for‚ homeless‚ impoverished. Simile compares soldiers to hags because coughing‚ slow‚ infirm as if they were old; also has negative connotations (ugly‚ witch). Simile describes sensations the reader may be more familiar with to show the pain the soldier is going through
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Inner journeys involve the exploration of the self‚ as individuals review their growth and development in the light of experiences which challenge and inspire them. The inner journey has the power to challenge an individual’s thinking. They provide new insights and understanding of the world and themselves. Margaret Atwood’s poem "Journey to the Interior" explores the dangers of an inner journey/ the individual becomes enlightened as to her own psyche/ compares the obstacles that face the traveller
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Where Ophelia‚ Hamlets girlfriend‚ went mad before drowning in a lake. Then he describes the bees as they are working in ‘passionless industry’. The language features such as similes and metaphors put him on the same level as the reader so that it becomes easier for him to understand his thoughts and feelings. Similes like wild bees as “(swift as tigers)” embodies the way bees are known as being fast and dart about. Also included in this description is a comparison to tigers which gives the reader
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My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun The tone of this poem is serious and comical. He realizes the imperfections in humans. This is clear in the poem in line 1 “my mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun” (Shakespeare W. My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun). Generally poets would worship their loved ones features‚ however the speaker appears to joke about this person’s features in this poem. In line 9 – 10 “i love to hear her speak‚ yet well i know that music hath a far more
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Figurative language is a big part of the reader’s understanding of a poem. The poem‚ “The Highwayman” is by Alfred Noyes and he uses some figurative language in his poem to explain more detail. The poem is about a thief and a woman falling in love. The thief is a wanted man and the king heard about the couple. He sent soldiers to capture the woman and set a trap for the thief to catch him. During it all‚ the woman decided that the only way to warn the highwayman‚ or thief‚ about the soldiers trying
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