In his poem‚ “I Hate and I Love”‚ ancient Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus writes‚ “I hate and love. And why‚ perhaps you’ll ask. I don’t know: but I feel‚ and I’m tormented.” Throughout the history of the world‚ love and hate have been battling it out to see which one will prevail. They’ve gone back and forth‚ but neither has completely overtaken the other. In the world today‚ people are constantly debating and arguing for their side. Some argue hatred has taken over when they see acts of violence
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Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ "Medallion" is about a snake she finds dead‚ and the details of its body that she notices. Written in 1959‚ its form was strictly "controlled." Plath uses imagery‚ literary devices‚ and sensory details‚ especially colors. First‚ we "see" the image of a snake‚ bronze‚ lying in the sun near a gate with a "star and moon" design. By the gate with star and moon Worked into the peeled orange wood The bronze snake lay in the sun Next‚ Plath uses a metaphor
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Chapter 3‚ pages 34-35 Brave New World Diction “Main Day-shift off duty…..’I shall make a point of going‚’ said Henry Foster.” In chapter 3 of Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World‚ many things are revealed about hot the society in this novel functions. It shows more about the work that the people do and how the society functions. Huxley uses repetition and descriptive diction to provide a deeper look into the society that is shown in this passage. In one paragraph‚ one specific word
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can’t breathe. No‚ they whisper. You own nothing. You were a visitor‚ time after time climbing the hill‚ planting the flag‚ proclaiming. We never belonged to you. You never found us. It was always the other way round. Source: Selected Poems: 1976 - 1986 A Moment in Chess The moment when‚ after many hours of planned strategies and crafted tactics‚ your Queen stands in the centre of the square‚ board‚ battlefield‚ palace‚ kingdom‚ life knowing at last how you got there‚ and say
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The Great Gatsby- Diction and Selection of Detail The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ uses a specific choice of words along with selection of detail to develop the characters of Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. This essay will cite specific examples that correspond to Fitzgerald’s use of diction and details. Although this passage does not emphasize on Tom Buchanan‚ his character is developed through the use of literary techniques. Tom’s character speaks three times during the course
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INTRODUCTION (1 paragraph) Use key words from the essay title in a brief description of what the poem is about. Comment briefly on the themes‚ issues‚ thoughts and feelings the poem explores. Identify the narrator‚ the tone and viewpoint of the poem. STRUCTURE (1 or 2 paragraph) Divide the poem into sections and explain in more detail what the poem is about‚ section by section. Write about the development of ideas and themes from one section to another and one stanza to another. Consider the
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family‚ and even their will to live. In Night‚ Elie Wiesel uses diction‚ imagery‚ and tone to illustrate the loss of humanity during the holocaust. Loss of humanity was a huge theme during the holocaust because of all the things they had lost and the way the Naziz did this. “The three ‘veteran’ prisoners‚ needles in hand‚ tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on‚ I had no other name” (42). Wiesel uses diction to show how much the Naziz wanted the Jews to think that they were
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To trace dark emotions upon readers most authors will use the concept of negative diction. For instance‚ “Harried by day and haunted by night”(Paragraph 11‚ Letter from a Birmingham Jail). The words “harried” and “hunted” make you feel scared‚ sick to the stomach. A spine-chilling pity will roam through your body. Allowing no positive emotion to be sense.Negative diction stained murky words into the Clergyman’s mind‚ making it almost impossible to ignore the action that is required
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his speech in order to deliver his purpose to his audience. Winston Churchill was well known for his speeches that he used diction to support his purpose. In this speech “We Shall Fight On The Beaches” Winston Churchill used a lot of war diction in order to support his purpose of writing this speech. Churchill began his speech saying “rapid retreat” to signify the horrible attacks that lead to the soldiers to back away quickly. Following that Churchill said “the destruction of the fine Belgian Army”
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EXPLICATING A POEM [pic]In order to explicate or give a detailed literary analysis of a poem‚ it is useful to ask the following questions. You do not necessarily have to follow this order. 1. What is the literal sense of the poem? • Can it be broken down into sentences? • What is the meaning of each sentence? • How could the poem be paraphrased: restated in prose form? • In what ways is the poem different from a prose paraphrase? 2. What is the diction of the poem
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