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    Anne Bradstreet Poetry

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    Bradstreet’s Poetry Anne Bradstreet was the Danica Patrick of poetry in the mid 1600’s‚ except she went unknown. She drove into the male-dominant field of poetry. In her time it was frowned upon for women to race in such an intellectual track. Bradstreet does not let the wall between the drivers and the spectators stop her‚ she pulls right up to the starting line with them. In fact‚ she uses this barrier of sexes to fuel her ideas. Anne Bradstreet writes using many different forms of figurative language

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    CHICAGO” Poem Questions 1.) It is hard to tell much about the speaker from this poem‚ but what is known is that the speaker is someone who loves Chicago and is very proud of it. It is then easy to conclude that the speaker is most likely a resident of Chicago. As far as characteristics go for the reader‚ we don’t know much gender-wise or really anything else‚ but the defining characteristics are pride‚ in celebrating the character of his/her home city‚ and joy at because the speaker is able to share

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    The tone set forth in The Grapes of Wrath‚ was a quiet‚ sad tone from the start‚ based on Steinbeck’s description in the very first sentence of the book "To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma‚ the last rains came gently‚ and they did not cut the scarred earth..." Another tone portrayed early on was anger by sellers and businessmen‚ "Spend all their time looking. Don’t want to buy no cars; take up your time. Don’t give a damn about your time." Steinbeck achieved the poor‚ sad

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    Poetry and Ann Bradstreet

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    Edward Taylor and Ann Bradstreet Study Questions For Lesson Notes (1-7) and for Lesson Completion (8-13) Part One (To complete upon viewing the ppt. presentation) 1) Based on what we know about the Puritans and how they viewed worldly objects and creative expression‚ why would it seem ironic that there are several among them who remain influential poets today? It would seem ironic because they had left few personal belongings behind them‚ but puritans confined within their culture so they can

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    Anne Bradstreet Tone

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    Bradstreet utilizes an iambic rhythm‚ rhyming couplets‚ inverted syntax‚ and pronounced shifts in tone to exemplify Puritan ideals at the time as well as emphasize the ongoing internal battle between her attachment to material things versus her relationship with God. Throughout the poem‚ she establishes a consistent eight syllable iambic rhythm accompanied with rhyming couplets. This well structured rhythm mirrors the similar strict lifestyle of Puritans at the time‚ whose lives were often based

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    Elements of Poetry

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    Elements of Poetry When you read a poem‚ pay attention to some basic ideas: Voice  (Who is speaking? How are they speaking?) Stanzas (how lines are grouped) Sound (includes rhyme‚ but also many other patterns) Rhythm (what kind of "beat" or meter does the poem have?) Figures of speech (many poems are full of metaphors and other figurative language) Form (there are standard types of poem)   Voice Voice is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader. Lyric poems and

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    Figurative Language

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    Figurative Language and Imagery ENG 340 Creative Writing Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else‚ you are using figurative language. Figurative language is the use of language to describe something by comparing it to something else. It serves many linguistic purposes. It allows people to express abstract thoughts. It creates tone and communicates emotional content. The ability to use figurative language in writing can make a poem or story more enjoyable for the reader

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    write an anthology on this poem because I liked how it focussed on a person’s imperfections rather than their strengths. The character in this poem‚ as he states in the first three stanzas‚ is weary and fatigued from his long swim; something I can relate to after countless swim practices. Another feature which caught my attention was the fact that the author chose to include his character fantasizing another life for himself‚ which was both sentimental and unusual. This poem‚ formatted into free verse

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    Figurative language

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    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Figurative language is language that describes something by comparing it to something else. Figurative language goes beyond the literal meaning of words to describe or explain a subject. There are many types of figurative language‚ including similes‚ metaphors‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ imagery‚ personification‚ and hyperbole. Authors use figurative language to help the reader see beyond the written words on the page and to visualize what is going on in the story or poem

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    Figurative Language

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    Figurative language is used in poems‚ songs‚ books‚ short stories‚ and in everyday language. The use of similes and hyperboles are able to affect the tone‚ meaning and theme that better explain the meaning in stories and songs. Figurative language is meant to appeal to the senses in order to provide interest and evoke emotion in what is being read or heard. Alicia Keys‚ “This Girl Is On Fire”‚ is a great example of figurative language. The figurative language in this song provides a respectful and

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