Eliot‚ T. S.‚ in full THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT (b. Sept. 26‚ 1888‚ St. Louis‚ Mo.‚ U.S. – d. Jan. 4‚ 1965‚ London‚ Eng.)‚ American-English poet‚ playwright‚ literary critic‚ and editor‚ a leader of the modernist movement in poetry in such works as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943). Eliot exercised a strong influence on Anglo-American culture from the 1920s until late in the century. His experiments in diction‚ style‚ and versification revitalized English poetry‚ and in a series of critical
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A Frequent Misconception A frequent misconception of poetic language is that a poet always seeks the most beautiful or noble sounding words. What they really seek are the most meaningful words‚ and these vary from one context to another. Language has many levels and verities‚ and poets may choose from all of them. Their words may be grandiose or humble‚ fanciful or matter-of-fact‚ romantic or realistic‚ archaic or modern‚ technical or conventional‚ monosyllabic or polysyllabic
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many exquisite meals prepared. The second meal‚ bland and boring. Woolf uses different forms of syntax that help the reader more fully understand her perception of these two places. She uses very forward diction with long and drawn out sentences in the first passage. The second passage‚ the diction is more harsh and the sentences more choppy. Woolf also uses imagery to help describe the meals and settings that she is seeing. The structure of the work as a whole
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truly can visualize the world‚ not physically‚ but in a more remarkable way than others. To help develop this theme of blind people being able to see‚ and those who can see are blind‚ Raymond Carver uses different rhetorical devices such as simple diction and irony. The narrator of the story lacks deep thought on different subjects; however‚ as for the blind man he puts in extra thought into life. Although he cannot see‚ Robert has honed his senses to have a knack to interrupt each situation as it
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“Hominid Alone: Imagery‚ Symbolism‚ and Diction” Home and being alone are two of the worst things to be on a cold day in the middle of the winter. In the poem February by Margret Atwood there is a lot to be said about the content. When reading take focus on things such as the Imagery‚ Symbolism‚ and Diction of the poem itself. The women or man that is narrating the poem is not in a good place in their life. What is happening around them seems to be much more upbeat and intriguing. The narrator is
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Childhood and growing up Loneliness * “To wander half the night among the cliffs and the smooth Hollows‚ where the woodcocks ran along the open turf.” * “I went alone into a shepherd’s boat‚ a skiff that to a Willow tree was tied within a Rocky cave‚ its usual home.” Fear and terror * “Sometimes it befell in these night-wanderings‚ that a strong desire O’erpower’d my better reason‚ and the bird which was the captive of another toils became my prey; and‚ when the deed was done
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In ‘The poetics of Space’‚ Bachelard explores the psychology of human experience of intimate spaces and his perception of space as a blend of experience‚ physical structure‚ and senses. He further reflects on the poetic imagination and on understanding how poetic images are situated in the human psyche and generated by real life settings. In order to convey the powerful nature of such emotions he describes such concepts using a language that evokes ‘daydreaming and poetic images in the reader’s
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In the poem “Do Not Go Gentle…” Thomas uses intricate diction in order to establish his message to live life to its highest potential while you still can. For example‚ when Thomas states that wise men “ had forked no lightning” in stanza two‚ he truly means that they haven’t left their mark yet‚ and are still fighting to leave their legacy. He later states that “they/ Do not go gentle into that good night.” (5‚6) This reveals that even though they know that their time is near they aren’t giving up
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Orwell’s use of satirical diction is another way that he is able to send his message to his audience. One way his satire is shown is through the ministries within the party. Each ministry is named in a way that it contrasts their actions. The ministry of love is responsible for the treatment of party members who have "lost their ways". Their methods include torture which utilizes the deepest fears of captives. We see this when Obrien is in the process of ’fixing’ Winston which he starts by saying
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In the excerpt‚ “My Name” from Sandra Cisneros’ novel‚ “The House on Mango Street”‚ she uses specific diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery to create tone. The best example of this is in paragraph 3 when Esperanza talks about her grandmother. Using imagery for example‚ Cisneros paints a picture by saying‚ “My great-grandmother. I would’ve liked to have known her‚ a wild horse of a woman‚ so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that
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