Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address: Metaphor and Values as Captivating Strategies to Celebrate a Presidency M. PILAR GUITART ESCUDERO Coordinadora Área Lengua-Lingüística Hispanic Studies Program University of Virginia VA‚ EEUU C/ Ramón Gordillo‚ 4 46010 Valencia E-mail: pilar.guitart@uvavalencia.org Tel. +34 96 3691 485 BARACK OBAMA’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS: METAPHOR AND VALUES AS CAPTIVATING STRATEGIES TO CELEBRATE A PRESIDENCY ABSTRACT: Barack Obama’s rhetorical style is broadly acknowledged to be
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1. Work out the rhyme scheme of this poem using letters‚ such as “a”‚ to represent the sounds at the end of each line. abab cdcd efef gg 2. What is the tone of the poem? Quote extensively from the poem to support your answer. For me this poem is humorous and realistic‚ because most poets‚ who are writing sonnets‚ would praise the ones they love and not be realistic about their imperfections. “My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red (line 1 / 2)” Here
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point of view of a dying mans best friend. It uses a lots of metaphors and I think this makes the poem very effective and clever. The first stanza of the poem explains about gravity and its significance to us. ’Gravity is one of the oldest tricks in the book’ This explains that it’s been around for a long time and everyone knows about it and they will all eventually die. “Let go of the book and it abseils to the ground” This is a metaphor and it uses the book as your life and once you’ve dropped it
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points to her direct characterization. In this way‚ we gradually move to the plot of the novel. In the exposition author introduces us with the problem of marriage: for women it is the aim of life‚ for men it is a kind of hazard‚ trap; he uses the metaphors instant flight could save him and the inevitable loom menacingly before him talking about marriage as a dangerous thing. We can feel that sarcastic humor
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The opening line of Swallow the Air immediately draws us into May’s story with its conversational tone: “I remember the day I found out my mother was head sick.” In the same paragraph strong emotive language positions us as readers to sympathise with May’s mother and her story: “…Mum’s sad emerald eyes bled through her black canvas and tortured willow hair.” In the next chapter the author further uses personal pronouns to position the reader (us) to identify with Aunty and her hilarious battle to
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expresses this well in his poem through the use of many poetic techniques. Omar uses a metaphor in the opening stanza‚ “My generation sat on the brim of the ocean waiting‚ waiting for the tide to bring something in”. This expresses that people are not getting involved in their life and aren’t willing to go looking to get the best in life‚ instead they are waiting for other people to do it for them. The metaphor “prime ministers slain” expresses the poet’s anger at politicians who make big promises
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poem speaks to the troubled half of life. In many ways one is reminded of Robert Frost’s “Acquainted With the Night‚” which conveys a deeper metaphor of depression in its surface-simple account of insomnia. “In A Dark Time” speaks volumes about the poem that will follow. Roethke relies on a single simile in this poem‚ although it is replete with metaphor. In the last stanza‚ he says his soul is “like some heat-maddened summer fly” buzzing on the windowsill. One can instantly picture the frantic
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topic discussed is dying metaphors. Orwell says‚ “A newly-invented metaphor assists thought by evoking a visual image‚ while on the other hand a metaphor which is technically "dead" has in effect reverted to being an ordinary word and can generally be used without loss of vividness.” If someone does not understand a metaphor because it is one that is not used anymore‚ it loses its effect and should not be used in writing or in propaganda (Orwell). A perfect example is the metaphor of the Hammer and the
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even stronger than a breakup because separation cannot eliminate feelings. The writer makes use of metaphors expressing love as a feeling of mind not just heart as young readers may see it. To Shakespeare love is an immortal felling that is similar to a mark on a person’s life. This sonnet has a simple and straightforward meaning. It is short‚ yet powerful with the perfect use of metaphors. If a partner suddenly becomes aware of impediments of the relationship they should not alter their
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An Unknown Girl In the poem ‘An Unknown Girl’‚ Moniza Alvi uses poetic techniques such as metaphors‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ repetition and similes in order to depict her struggles in rediscovering her cultural identity. Along with references to India and the scenery surrounding the narrator‚
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