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    Hour” by Kate Chopin (1894) In “The Story of an Hour” Mrs. Mallard who “was afflicted with a heart trouble” goes through a lot of mixed emotions after hearing that her husband died in a railroad accident. Kate Chopin uses symbolism‚ figurative language and irony properly to describe Mrs. Mallard’s feelings and emotions through the story. Mrs. Mallard also feels that she has been trapped in a marriage where she was prisoner of her husband and realizes that it is time for her to live for herself

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    Commas are a meant to separate ideas or extend a thought. This extension also represents something that is infinite. This is depicted in Symborzca’s poem Pi. Pi is an infinite number and in the poems‚ commas are used to depict that thought. The number Pi represents life. People believe it to be infinite. The commas that come in between the numbers‚ “six five three five at a glance‚ eight nine by calculation‚ seven nine or imagination‚” ‚ show how the idea is the same‚ and is extended to make it seem

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    Firstly‚ both Heaney and Waterhouse have used figurative language to animate how the young boy in each of their poems admires his father or grandfather. In ‘Follower’‚ Heaney starts off by comparing his father’s ‘globed’ shoulders to a ‘full sail strung’- across some sort of boat. Other sailing imagery is also used throughout the poem. For instance‚ ‘mapping the furrow exactly’ and ‘i stumbled in his hob-nailed wake’‚ where the poet’s father is juxtaposed with a sea captain and a boat‚ respectively

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    passionate tone and style. Marvell uses figurative language and symbolism to portray his love and passion to spend with his mistress to fulfill his sexual desires.         Marvell presents the title‚ “To His Coy Mistress” in a first person point of view‚ but through the poem he speaks from another man’s perspective (Marvell 435). The man is very impatient and desperate to spend time with his lover and has a selfish personality. In line 11‚ Marvell states‚ “My vegetable love should grow” (Marvell 436)

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    Figurative Language Identifications 1) Simile “…How like a deer‚ strucken by many princes‚ Dost thou here lie!” -Antony (Act III‚ Scene I) 2) Setting “…Who to Philippi here consorted us.” -Cassius (Act V‚ Scene I) 3) Personification “O conspiracy‚ Sham’st thou to show thy dang’rous brow by night‚ When evils are most free? O‚ then by day Where wilt thou find

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    In his story‚ My Papa’s waltz‚ Theodore Roethke examines the relationship between a father and son. The essay describes the daily interactions between the two. Some people may consider the relationship to be abusive‚ while others see it as a loving relationship with a little bit of roughhousing. The relationship between the father and son in this poem is seen as loving and fun. In the first stanza‚ the father is portrayed as a drinker whose alcohol-scented breath “could make a small boy dizzy.”

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    the story of a man‚ Meursault‚ who is a moralist. Nothing seems to matter to him and his or anybody else’s actions makes no difference. Camus’s use of language allows readers to discover the mood and meaning being conveyed through diction and word choice. His use of figurative language can be seen throughout. Such an example of figurative language is imagery. From reading The Stranger‚ one can clearly picture whats happening as Camus beautifully describes every action of Meursault. In the first

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    twenty-five‚ I’ll do it for twenty. No‚ me‚ I’m hungry. I’ll work for fifteen. I’ll work for food. The kids. You ought to see them..." Steinbeck is a sure fan of figurative language‚ his books wouldn’t be as great with out them. In The Grapes of Wrath there are several examples of such figurative language. Here are a few examples of such language: (1) Steinbeck compares a willow tree "....its load of leaves tattered and scraggly as a molting chicken." (2) He described a man driving a tractor as "..

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    leaving their childhood and their old life behind. When this happens‚ they will often look back on those happy times fondly‚ remembering how easy and nice it all was. In Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ the speaker does just this. Nostalgically‚ he reflects upon a time when his father would waltz him around the house before taking him off to bed. Waltzing carelessly around the kitchen‚ clutching tightly to his inebriated‚ carefree father‚ knocking pans and pots down off the shelves‚ this

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    uses quite a bit of figurative and descriptive language‚ which for a melodramatic teenager is truly the land of milk and honey. Rich creates vivid pictures with her words‚ and you can actually feel the sentiments expressed in her works. From poems about her exploration of her own sexuality and the deep blue sea‚ this Sapphic woman created groundbreaking literature that still makes a splash today. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” is one that is especially high in the figurative language charts. Insinuation

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