true horrors of World War II and to challenge the romanticized view of war that poets such as Rupert Brooke held. To achieve this‚ Owen used familiar imagery techniques of similes and personification‚ and sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration. In Dulce et Decorum est.‚ Owen used the techniques of similes‚ ”Bent double like baggers under sacks‚” he wrote‚ likening young‚ normally healthy men to old beggars tying to keep warm under sacks. This comparison of these young men‚ usually
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The Seven Ages of Man” is a dramatic monologue in William Shakespeare’s play “As you Like it.” The monologue is addressed by Jacques who has a gloomy look on life. This poem reveals to the reader the seven stages that a man plays throughout his life. It starts from a baby puking and whining‚ and ends with a dead man who has lost everything. The success of this piece relies to a great degree on the extended metaphor because it relates our roles in life to acts on a stage. Poetic devices also further
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share with the audience after his father tells him about the “dangerous” letter and subsequently exits the stage? Act III‚ Scene IV 1. How does Lear explain his approaching insanity? 2. In which lines in this scene is Edgar’s speech filled with alliterations? 3. Upon seeing Edgar emerge from the hovel disguised as poor Tom‚ what does Lear immediately assume has happened to Edgar? 4. How does Edgar respond to Lear’s assumptions? 5. Why does Lear tear off his clothes? 6. How does Gloucester’s appearance
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Page 1– Table of Contents Page 2 – Thoughts on poetry Page 3 – Similes Page 4 – Metaphors Page 5 – Personification Page 6 – Apostrophe Page 7 – Hyperbole Page 8 – Onomatopoeia Page 9 – Internal rhyme Page 10 – Imagery Page 11 – Alliteration Page 12 – Autobiographical Poem Page 13 – Acrostic poem Page 14 – “This Is Just to Say” Poem Page 15 – My Favorite Poet(s) My thoughts on poetry My favorite poems are jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and Knoxville Tennessee by Nikki
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iambic pentameter‚ to create a steady rhythm that is familiar to many readers. He uses substitution feet to deviate from the regular meter and emphasize the parts of the poem he feels are important. For example‚ he uses a spondaic foot to make the alliteration "glad grace" stand out. To maintain his steady rhythm he also uses phyrric feet to rapidly flow through small words and prepositions. The second part of the line‚ "...and of their shadows deep;" uses one of these feet to keep ’of ’ from being
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Dad The poem that I’ll be analyzing in this commentary is called ’Dad’ by Elaine Feinstein. This poem is an emotional and lyrical poem in which the author is reflecting and recalling upon the memories of her deceased father. The main tones that are portrayed in this poem are sorrow‚ lovingness and mournfulness‚ and one way in which this is portrayed is through the methodology in which the poem is read‚ which is in a slow rhythmic speech and enjambment since it is a free verse poem. The author’s
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timely movement‚ or stanza‚ of the day to night shift‚ Kenyon emphasizes her overall message through the use of concrete images and other poetic means. The first stanza embodies both alliteration and symbolism. The repetitive “l” sound in the opening phrase “Let the light of late afternoon…” is an example of alliteration. This can also be seen with the “a” sound throughout the second stanza. By repeating these sounds‚ Kenyon is putting emphasis on the forthcoming peace being brought by the still night
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Priscilla and the Wimps by Richard Peck 1. Identify the setting of the story. Element of Setting Example from the story… 2. Does the story use first or third person narration? Explain why you think so. 1st Person Narration 3rd Person Narration Explain: 3. What is the affect of having a narrator who is not a main character? Support your answer in a well-structured paragraph with
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Wilfred Owen’s Exposure : Brains aching‚ dying‚ eyes becoming ice‚ all this sounds like a nightmare. In Wilfred Owen’s "Exposure‚" the speaker talks about the nightmares of not war but the cruelty of nature. In Exposure‚ Owen describes the fury of nature and how soldiers in the war die not only because of war. Exposure to the severe cold is killing everyone. The speaker starts off by saying‚ "Our brains ache." The negative nature of this statement gives one a clue as to the negative themes in
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with love because it won’t stop singing day and night in the mate season. And he uses the turtle because it is a bird that only has a couple‚ and if it is separated from it‚ they remain alone forever. He is comparing the season with love. He uses alliteration in the first line‚ the “s” in “soote” and “season” and the “b” in “bud”‚ “bloom” and “brings”. He is using pastoral imagery of coming spring‚ because he is talking about the green
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