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    The first figurative language seen is personification‚ “sullen wind was soon awake‚” and “and did it worst to vex the lake.” Personification is what is used mostly to describe the scenery and give life to things that are none living. As the poem goes on we see a great deal

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    author sends a message that love can be just as strong as faith in a religious figure head. She compares him to her childlike faith‚ like how a child has a very forgiving soul and open heart. In this poem the author uses literary elements and figurative language to help us to understand the feeling and the poem’s reason‚ some examples of it are the metric pattern that is used. The poem use a metric pattern in iambic pentameter the author is using this technique around the whole poem to make the reader

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    The primary source is a poem advocating for imperialism. Poems use writing techniques to emphasize their message‚ such as figurative language. The way the author uses these techniques can portray the values and problems within a society‚ by emphasizing what the author thinks his audience will want. The poem describes the relationship between white men and their captives. According to the poem‚ this relationship is the “white man’s burden”. The white men have to capture the people to protect them

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    The story is packed with imagery and figurative language. The language used by the author to describe the lake as "fetid and murky‚ the mud banks glittering with broken glass and strewn with beer cans and charred remains of bonfires" (129) creates an image of chaos and uncertainty. This also parallels the

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    though I lack any self love. Sonnet 88 presents to us a warped view of love. A love that lacks maturity and self respect. Love that dwells in the dark recesses of a skewed mind. Shakespeare’s sonnet 88 uses rhyme‚ grammar‚ diction‚ meter‚ figurative language‚ and tone to suggest that to actually love someone you have to love yourself first. In the beginning of “Sonnet 88”‚ the poet opens with the statement saying whenever you feel disposed to put me down and make me the object of disrespect (1-2)

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    are family separation. Even though the texts have a similar subject the two stories are very similar and different in many ways. The Red Umbrella and A ‘Band-Aid’ for 800 Children are similar in many ways. For example both of the authors use figurative language in their texts. In A ‘Band-Aid’ for 800 Children is says‚ “not because she considers herself capable of providing a safety net for 812 children”. Sastow uses a metaphor and she said a‚ “safety net for 800 Children” she is really only helping

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    When you love someone you respect‚ appreciate‚ and do everything in your power not to hurt them. There is a way of expressing your love to someone‚ through a sonnet. A sonnet is a fourteen line poem using a formal rhyme scheme. William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor widely recognized. One of his most famous works is the 154 Sonnets. These sonnets are about passage of time‚ love‚ beauty‚ and mortality. In the sonnets his view of love is different. In sonnet 118 he is talking

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    The poem “Mother to Son”‚ by Langston Hughes‚was an eye opening poem‚ and very interesting and wonderful to think about the real meaning. The title‚”Mother to Son” made me think about the impactful connection between the mother and the son. The title makes me think the mother is loving and caring‚ and is giving her son a life lesson he will never forget. My Paraphrase of the poem is: The mother starts a conversation with her son‚ and tells him life hasn’t been an easy “climb of stairs.” The mother’s

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    So what is it about these words that make them so moving and memorable? Perhaps it is the imagery created in all three. In Georgia Dusk‚ you can visualize the “crimson trickle”(Hughes 8)‚ veiled “darkness”(Hughes 4)‚ and the bleeding “sunset”(Hughes 14). But it is more than that. The words themselves evoke a specific feeling. The personification of the wind in the repetition of “cries”(Hughes 2) creates a dark foreboding that is continued with the slight foreshadow in the use of “pity”(Hughes 3)

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    Dick‚ effectively delineates the theme of body vs. self. Although this concept is not a main theme throughout the story‚ Herman Melville realistically depicts the thought processes of his characters while on their deadly voyage. The use of figurative language and descriptive details also contribute to Melville’s reality of how life can influence the

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