detonated. An example of this can be seen in the quotation “Nuts‚ bolts‚ nails‚ car-keys. A fount of broken type. And the explosion Itself - an asterisk on the map. This hyphenated line‚ a burst of rapid fire...” The quote expresses the poet’s usage of enjambment and incompletion of sentences creating an effect of confusion and chaos to the reader. On the other hand “Yellow Palm” uses repetition and rhyming to create an atmosphere of the speaker walking down the street‚ and pointing out the things that
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Where I Come From In “Where I Come From”‚ poet Elizabeth Brewster portrays the differences lifestyles between city-dwellers and country-dwellers‚ with a clear bias towards the latter. Brewster also expresses her belief that people are defined by the place they live in. Vivid imagery‚ structure‚ and poetic devices‚ are used by Brewster to convey the contrasts between city and country life. Vivid imagery‚ created by Brewster‚ conveys the contrasting elements of city and country life. In the first stanza
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contrasted between Peter’s anxiety about his identity Example: peter describes how he realised he unconsciously remembered parts of the polish language as he grew older “Remnants of a language/ I inherited unknowingly” Technique: contrasted‚ enjambment‚ describes Effect: highlights Peter’s lack of involvement in his cultural inheritance and his consequent lack of belonging in this domain Example: Peter Skrzynecki remembers his father’s “a curse that dammed/ A crew cut‚ grey haired/ Department
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moods becomes sudden‚ ‘suddenly she would change’. This suggests confusion within the relationship for Scott‚ as the changing of her attitudes becomes unexplainable and undetectable. This unpredictability leads us to the point of the heavy use of ‘enjambment’ in the first five lines‚ painting a vivid picture of uncertainty for Scott; conversely‚ as the poem progresses‚ we see a much more structured approach. On the contrary‚ the poem as a whole is generally lacking in structure. The constant use
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Compare how poets present World War 1 in ‘Mametz Wood’ and one other poem you studied Sheers wrote ‘Mametz Wood’‚ reflecting on the death and remains of solders in World War One contrasted to Hughes who wrote’ Bayonet Charge’ after war but set it during war‚ presenting the uncertainty of the soldiers. Having the two poems set in different times‚ contrasts how World War 1 is presented both during and after. Bayonet Charge has many examples of similes to give vivid detail to the reader‚ helping
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structure in the poem illustrates the freedom of youth and playfulness. The poem is written in free verse to emphasize the significance of her as being free as she fantasizes about being unstoppable and not being ordinary. In lines 23 and 24‚ the enjambments are crucial to the whole liberal tone of the poem. Through the rhetorical question‚ “[c]an it be there was only one summer that I was ten?”
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Composers use a number of elements to convey their particular point of view. Those elements can be anecdotes‚ visual imagery and language techniques. The understanding of humanity and our capacity to destroy is represented through the distinctly visual. In the Shoehorn Sonata and Dulce Et Decorum Est the writers have invited the audience to examine societies role in acknowledging humane treatment and the importance of reflecting on suffering experienced. The horror of the war experience is represented
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Line Quotation Analysis 1 “iamdudum” (long-since) Immediate reference to how she has suffered in the past and thus that her pain has been prolonged 2 “vulnus alit venis” (nourished the wound with veins) Vulnus is emphatically placed at the start of the line‚ and this vivid and slightly gruesome description adds a seriousness to the tone‚ with the idea that Dido is physically wounded by her feelings. “Alit” is effective as the idea of her feeding her own wound is the first suggestion of
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Ted Hughes’s poem‚ “Wind”‚ describes the impact and strength nature has over human beings. The poem is written in first person‚ which emphasizes the idea of a personal experience and suggests that the speaker of the poem is Hughes. The poem is situated away from the cities‚ presumably in the countryside or in a very isolated place‚ this can be supported by the use of words like “fields” and “hills”. The setting of the poem is in autumn since the weather is described as being cold and grim. The theme
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is a simile allowing the reader to see her as Bryon saw her‚ the light in all the darkness that surrounded her at that moment. ("She Walks in Beauty" as cited in Clugston‚ 2010‚ lines 1 & 2). She was the star in the dark sky. The use of the enjambment in the lines mentioned indicates that the thought continues without a pause onto the second line.
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