because Hughes decided to use cacophony and alliterations all the way through “Wind” to portray the power of the wind hitting humanity. The use of cacophony in the third verse‚ “Through the brunt wind that dented the balls of my eyes” the author really accentuates the strength of the storm. Also through the use of hard and harsh sounds like [b]‚ which is a voiced plosive sound‚ and [k] which is a guttural sound. An excellent example to show an alliteration that has both the [b] and [k] sounds is: “A
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to evoke. b) I think the subject matter is a bird in a bare tree‚ at dusk. (98) Question 2 a) Techniques used in this poem are: • Alliteration “bare branch” (Line 1) • Assonance “rook roosts” (Line 2) “autumn dusk” (Line 3) • “Kigo” – a word stating or suggesting a season “autumn” (Line 3) b) The alliteration of “b” creates a cold‚ lonely sound. The assonance of “roo” and “u” evokes the cry of a bird‚ deepening the melancholic and sad effect. The
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“Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” The interpretation of the second line is that this person is lovelier and milder than a summer’s day. The author in this instance uses repetition of the consonant sound ‘m’ a technique called the alliteration. Alliteration means the repetition of initial stressed consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or a line of a verse to give it a certain feeling. If the second line is read aloud‚ it sounds soft and mellow. It is because of the consonant
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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Good morning Ms Linton and students‚ today I will be informing you on why you must choose these two poems for the poetry speaking contest. The poems I have chosen are ‘The Man from Ironbark’‚ by Banjo Patterson as well as ‘He Started the Cycling Craze’ by myself. Narratives help the readers enjoy and understand poetry as it is a way the poets can connect to their readers by using storylines that may relate to them
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ten lines of the poem Heaney uses vivid imagery to describe the setting and its sights‚ smell and sounds. The phrase ’flax-dam festered’ in the opening line combines assonance and alliteration‚ and begins to create the atmosphere of decay. ’Heavy headed’ at the end of the second line again uses assonance and alliteration in one phrase to describe the flax that had rotted. The heaviness is emphasised further in the third line‚ where the flax is ’weighted down by huge sods’. The idea that hot weather
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A Farewell to False Love By: Sir Walter Raleigh A Farewell to False Love by Sir Walter Raleigh is the best poem in the world. Raleigh writes his experience with love as terrible and unbearable; it was written in 1588 in an era where poets would typically write about the wonders of love‚ or write to a love. In Raleigh’s poem he contradicts this idea by writing a poem that states explicitly that love seems to be a lovely thing on the outside‚ but once you experience it‚ it is like a “poisoned
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How does the Prologue at the start of Romeo and Juliet create suspense? William Shakespeare‚ writer of Romeo and Juliet‚ creates suspense through the use of different techniques. Shakespeare is very particular in his choice of diction‚ by wisely picking specific vocabulary to create an atmosphere. It is usual that a Greek tragedy‚ such as Romeo and Juliet‚ contains a Prologue to set the tone for the rest of the play. Shakespeare wrote the Prologue in a Sonnet form using Iambic Pentameter‚ which
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Hamlet’s disintegrating mind‚ a stagnating plot before Hamlet’s soliloquy that allows the plot to evolve. This statement is backed up with the intervention of new characters‚ the occupation of space onstage‚ use of words‚ different consonants‚ alliteration and the length of the each situation. The actors’ entrances and exits introduce new characters and allow the audience to distinguish one situation from another. As such‚ the scene can be cut into 5 parts: Polonius talking to King Claudius and
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the Office of the Registrar (Present your COR and ID receipt) 5. June 13‚ 2011 – First Day of Classes for the First Semester‚ Academic Year 2011-2012. Alliteration refers to the repetition of a consonant sound‚ at least three times in a sentence. It is often used as a figure of speech in poetry‚ and even advertisements use alliteration in their tag
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illustrating the wasteful deaths of war to shock the audience and bring forth emotions of sympathy and sadness -lack of reverence -loss of innocence and life -futility of war ‘’each slow dusk a drawing –down of blinds’’ Metaphor Symbolism Alliteration Metaphorically this expresses the end of another futile day of battle and the mourning of the soldiers loved ones back at home‚ but also symbolises the end of life for the young soldiers who have died. The depression sound of the ‘’d’’ letter
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