Jonathan Edwards is considered one of the masters of figurative language. His use of vivid images and strong metaphors is very obvious in his fiery sermon. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚” as he describes human nature and hell. For example‚ he says at one point‚ “Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering…” One of Edwards metaphors is‚ “The dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the pit of hell.” He very often casts the fires of hell in metaphorical terms rather than using
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In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein talks about his childhood and how great it was‚ he was loved and cared for by his parents. This is expressed strongly through his quote saying‚ “ no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. My parents were possessed by the every spirit of kindness and indulgence. We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot accordingly to their caprice‚ but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed” (Shelley
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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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and his attitudes? As: INNOCENT‚ strong‚ willing‚ brotherly‚ friendly‚ correct‚ WELL BEHAVED‚ intelligent‚ understanding‚ MORAL‚ a father’s dream‚ better than Amir‚ tarnished‚ imperfect‚ literal‚ gentle‚ LOYAL‚ the opposite of Amir How: figurative language "like a chinese doll" page 3 motif of Kites "his life of unrequited loyalty drifting from him like the winblown kites he used to chase" kite chasing days are over‚ loyal until the day he died - unlike Amir. Hosseini uses the status of
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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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almost makes it seem as if loving someone is an effortless task by the way his writing melts together so elegantly. In “One Hundred Love Sonnets; XVII‚” the speaker confesses his desperate love for his wife‚ through breathtaking detail and figurative language that truly seems to capture the intricacy of what love is‚ and what it should feel like. Neruda establishes the theme of the poem in the first stanza: the complex nature of real love. Neruda seems to have constructed this stanza with
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of science and go above and beyond what we already know. But that can be very dangerous. In Mary Shelly’s book "Frankenstein‚" we are shown an example of a scientist‚
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