to a peaceful and relaxing repetition of notes. When Hardy compares the vines to broken lyre strings‚ nature’s original cycle has been disrupted in the same way a song has been interrupted. Metaphors tied strong comparisons and also the use of alliteration can strengthen the mood of the poem. The simile used in the first stanza connotes strong
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and Frost have described the woods as if it is dark and strange. I know this because in one of the poems the author says ‘the darkest evening of the year’ and the other one he says ‘the toadstool wood is dark and mouldy’. Both authors also use alliteration‚ but the rhyme scheme is different. Reeves creates a vivid place in ‘The toadstool wood’. He uses striking words which create striking sights in our minds. For example‚ on the first line of the poem he says ‘dark and mouldy’. The word dark creates
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create a more vivid picture of the scenery and personalities in the story. Banjo Paterson used these devices to create a powerful and descriptive visual of the rugged Australian countryside which help to construct a representation of Australia. Alliteration is also used in ‘Stocks whip with a sharp a sudden’ and ‘thunder of thread’ to make the words flow off the reader’s tongue and make the poem more interesting. Many metaphors such as ‘mountain scrub they flew’ and ‘he bore the badge of gameness’
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (William Wordsworth) Romanticism was a literary movement that swept through virtually every country of Europe‚ the United States‚ and Latin America that lasted from about 1750 to 1870. Characteristics of the Romantic Period: Freedom of thought and expression Imagination‚ Emotions and Intuition. Exaltation of intense feelings. The absolute uniqueness of every individual. Instead of working for wealthy bosses‚ artists were for the first time able to work for
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rhetorical devices such as antithesis‚ repetition‚ and alliteration to shed massive appeal to the audience. Later Lincoln focuses on talking to the weary eyed people on there duty as a family‚ ‘It is for us the living‚ rather‚ to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." Lincoln uses repetition‚ "we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground." Along with alliteration‚ he states‚ “poor powers”‚ he uses antithesis
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panic as they know how it’s either fight the storm‚ or surrender and die. There is a sense of danger that is enhanced by the masters and boatswains strong use of alliteration. Boatswain saying‚ “reef or rock.” The master exclaiming‚ “Bestir‚ Bestir!” straight away‚ both men try to remain calm and the emotional effect of alliteration sees the audience believe that there might be a little hope for the Boatswain and the Master. It is clear that this is not Boatswains first storm. “Down with the
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in line 8‚ it is an instance of Synecdoche and Alliteration. The hand that mock ’d them makes reference to the sculptor who mocked the Pharaon´s passions by chiseling into the stone. Concerning the use of alliteration‚ the poet uses it as to create an emphasis. In the poem “Darkness“ by Lord Byron‚ Byron personifies ships when he states "lay rotting on the sea" and "they slept on the abyss". Line 5 in the same poem‚ the author uses alliteration of the “b” sound to reinforce the idea of blackness
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shows how the speaker is dependent of this lost friend to console him at the time of loss. Through alliteration‚ legalistic vocabulary and emotions of his friend the speaker is able to convey his depression and deepest sentiment. In this sonnet‚ the speaker emphasizes alliteration in the first lines‚ "Sessions of sweet silent I summon up I sigh." The speaker’s form of alliteration enhances the feel and rhyme
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prairies of America in old days. It is about “Flower Fed Buffaloes” where the old days take pass and that the buffaloes did not live there because locomotives has taken over the prairie‚ where buffaloes were. Three key techniques used by the poet were alliteration‚ metaphor and repetition. They were effective because they helped me understand the theme. The theme is the buffaloes prairies have been taken over by the modern day technology and have killed them. Metaphor was one key technique used in this
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in 1809. Poe is known for many of his great works‚ including his poem “The Bells.” The poem is considered a tour de force‚ which is a work that shows the author’s superiority as a writer (Cuddon 924). Poe strengthens his poem by using tempo‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ and onomatopoeia. Poe’s use of tempo in “The Bells” makes the reader read the poem exactly the way the author wants it to be read. Tempo is described by The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language as “a characteristic
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