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    history. "The Seafarer" and "Sea Fever" are poem that both express how a sailor’s love for the sea creates an obligation to be on the sea‚ whether it is wanted or not. This necessity is reflected in positive and negative ways through the speaker‚ diction and tone of each poem. The poems "The Seafarer" and "Sea Fever" discuss a sailor’s love for the sea expressing different tones. The "Seafarer" describes the torture the sea brings him while the speaker is searching for his true purpose in life

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    his cup running over to symbolize the Lord’s blessing abundance in his life. In the final line‚ David again uses first person diction to demonstrate his personal relationship with the Lord by saying “ I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” The theme of psalm as God the Guider and Protector unto eternity is shown through the psalmist’s use of first person diction. It is also demonstrated through the metaphors of the Lord as a shepherd and the imagery of green pastures and still waters.

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    author’s work. Using diction‚ writers are able to make words come alive and illustrate a particular scene that the author wants to portray. If diction is not used‚ the idea trying to be portrayed can become blasé. Readers are more captivated to read works if the story is more descriptive and influential. For example‚ compare the two following sentences: the old brown tree is dying‚ and the aged russet tree slowly decays into the earth. Of the two sentences‚ the second sentences uses diction that is able

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    leaves his readers guessing whether Mr. Brown’s encounter was a dream or a very skewed reality. Nathaniel Hawthorne strategically wrote “Young Mr. Goodman Brown” in a way that is intended to have a specific effect on its’ readers. He uses symbolism‚ diction‚ and tone to enhance the readers experience and to more effectively write the story. This piece also references several real life historical events to make his story more powerful and believable. Many traits of the Romantic period are reflected

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    reminiscent journey reflecting upon visions of nature.  The diction and figurative language used illustrates the poet’s response to nature.  He uses each stanza to share his experience in nature through the image of a dance that culminates in the poet’s emotional response. Wordsworth opens with reference to himself through simile as a part of the natural landscape‚ "I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high" (Line 1).  The diction used in the opening simile puts the reader in the poet’s state

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    love as a violent emotion rather than a peaceful one. The narrator compares love to an onion in her poem "Valentine" to show that her opinion of love is unconventional‚ violent‚ negative‚ enduring emotion through her use of extended metaphors and diction. The narrator portrays that love resembles an onion through her use of metaphors which creates the feeling of love being an enduring‚ violent and depressing emotion. She begins the poem by saying that an onion is “a moon wrapped in brown paper”

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    Poetry and Love

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    literature. Through their use of syntax‚ diction‚ rhyme‚ and meter‚ these poets portray love in a unique and personal manner that illicit specific emotions from the reader for a variety of possible reasons‚ which will be analyzed in this essay. The poem by Helen Farries‚ “Magic of Love”‚ immediately has a light-hearted tone due to the positive choice in diction‚ the third word of the entire poem being “wonderful” which strongly backs up the happy mood. The diction remains lighthearted throughout the

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    are inextricable from human nature. In Michael Pryor’s 10 Futures‚ the protagonist Tara accentuates her compelling‚ believable attributes when she encounters and surmounts arduous challenges. Pryor manipulates various literary techniques including diction‚ imagery and repetition‚ inevitably developing a blank canvas into a character with verisimilitude. Manifest in 2090‚ Tara’s physical and psychological adversities‚ precipitated from identity theft and family divorcement‚ catalyses her character development

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    In her letter to her son‚ John Quincey Adams‚ Abigail Adams uses picturesque diction‚ a supportive tone‚ and allusions to encourage John Quincey Adams to persevere through his current journey and the ones to come‚ even when he does not want to. The first noticeable technique that Abigail Adams uses is picturesque diction that develops through her elaborate descriptions of the trials of life. In her letter‚ she describes the struggles in life as if she was referring to people on a battlefield‚ flourishing

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    each second that fades by‚ the parent watches his grip on his child slowly slip. In “A Story”‚ Li-Young Lee uses poetic diction‚ structure‚ and point of view to convey the complex relationship between a father and his son. Frustrated and hopeless a father “rubs his chin‚ scratches his ear‚” in search for the perfect story to appease the demands of his son. Lee uses poetic diction to express the father’s frustration with his inability to “come up with [a story]” and the sons’s eager affection towards

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