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    Everyone wants to feel like they are here for a purpose and sometimes through love. In the poem‚ “I Carry Your Heart with Me” by E.E. Cummings‚ the poet writes a love poem and describes the value he has for her. In the poem‚ the speaker utilized figurative language to express the amount of love he had for his muse. In the beginning of the poem‚ the speaker uses hyperbole to lets the readers know that everything he does is because of her. In the first stanza he states‚ “ i carry your heart with me (i carry

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    Figurative Language in a Poem “All late readers know this sinking feeling of sinking of falling/ into the liquid feeling of falling asleep then rising again”(13-14). Late readers know how it feels when falling asleep‚ the pull of sleep‚ and the want to keep reading pulling you out. Sleep acts as liquid because you can sink down into sleep or rise up and out‚ as if in the water. In Billy Collins’s poem “Reading Myself to Sleep” He explains how on one dark night‚ with only a lamp for reading‚ he lies

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    unconsciously lives‚ works and has his being.” (Thomas Carlyle). Symbolism is used all around the world. This is a way to communicate beyond the limits and explain some things in a whole new different way. The author Doris Lessing uses this type of figurative language in her story “Through the Tunnel”. This is particularly evident in the settings such as the beach‚ the bay and the tunnel‚ which represent different stages in life. The beach is the first setting presented in the story. This represents Jerry´s

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    view is coming from a loving‚ and tender place. He admires Helen’s existence‚ and continues to praise her. On the other hand‚ H.D. speaks of Helen in a disdainful and negative way. These poems articulate these messages through the use of figurative language. In the poem ‚ "To Helen"‚ Poe praises Helen and conveys her as an angelic individual. He emphasizes her looks through imagery and he describes her "hyacinth hair"‚ and "classic face"‚ as he compares her beauty to that of Ancient Greece‚

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    during the fall. The main places in the story are the Atlanta Falcons Stadium‚ Troy’s middle school and football field‚ and Troy’s house. The story is written in first person because Troy (the main character) is telling the story. There is figurative language in this story. On page 229 a simile is used that says “he’s big and slow like a turtle”. There is also an idiom on page 57 that says “the Duluth fans poured over the fence‚ swarming the end zone”. The main character of Football Champ

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    witty” (Keshmiri 78). It begs to question how he managed to organize words that would instigate such distinct feelings in the reader. Despite his novels being in prose‚ they share many qualities with poetry that utilizes precise word choice‚ figurative language‚ and phonetics to enhance the reading‚ and thus his mere prose leaves an impact on the audience that is similar to poetry and at times invokes the surreal and therefore mirrors the complexity of the human mind. His use of this “lyricism pointedly

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    Doctor Faustus shows great knowledge and learning but the way he describes and uses the knowledge he knows is different from how others would take it. Doctor Faustus’s knowledge is vast and great but certain goals cannot be obtain because reality refuses to let it happen. Because of that‚ Doctor Faustus’s character development throughout the story goes up and down‚ and Faustus would choose his decisions by only the present and not the future results it would occur to him. Doctor Faustus reveals

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    In the poem‚ ”Fast Break”‚ Edward Hirsch uses figurative language to create an imagery poem using vivid language and similes to display Dennis turner’s love for the game of basketball. The poet uses vivid language to help you visualize a fast break Dennis had experienced when he played basketball. “Scissoring past a flat-footed defender” (l.10) the poets trying to imply the man was standing at a stand-still and that’s how the man cut around him so quickly. While the power-forward explodes past

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    In the beginning of ‘Out‚ Out—‚’ the author personifies the saw through grammatical structure and precise language in order to reveal the control tools have over the humans who use them. To begin with‚ Frost deliberately arranges his words to show who is more accountable for the accident of boy’s hand getting cut. For instance‚ the reader notices that the saw frequently “bear[s] a load” and thus seems to hold more responsibility for a task than the boy (Frost 8). However‚ it is not until line 15

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    Discuss Marlowe’s use of language in this passage and how it contributes to the characterisation of Faustus. After reading the passage taken from‚ Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. I will discuss the use of language in the passage and how it contributes to Faustus’ characterisation. Doctor Faustus is a standard 5 act play typical of the renaissance period. It is a morality play with hints of a tragedy. Written in blank verse; each line contains ten syllables. It is also written to an iambic

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