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    once very close to the heart. This feeling is something that we all have experienced at one time in their lives. Symbolism is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. In this poem symbolism is a key figurative language aspect‚ that acts as almost a gateway for other literary devices in this work‚ such as metaphor‚ alliteration‚ and anaphora. One quote from the sonnet that shows symbolism is in lines one and two where it says‚ “When to the sessions of sweet

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    RD3 Figurative Meaning Utilizing concrete detail/imagery as his leading elements‚ as well as some figurative language‚ Kipling communicates the horrific ways in which soldiers died. “A Death-Bed” portrays vivid images of the use of new developments of warfare and weapons created. These advances were unknown and unusual to those who were fortunate enough not to experience the destructive effects of the war. Kipling sought to communicate not only the event itself‚ but what it entailed and meant for

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    Figurative language and the use of literary techniques have been used for hundreds of years to improve writing style and to begin focus to the central idea of a story. In an excerpt from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain‚ a narrator tells about their experience with life on the Mississippi river‚ and how the river seemed to capture many moods and reflects the different aspects of his life as he came to face it. Throughout the passage the narrator uses striking imagery to characterize the river

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    In the citation in Jn 3:3-10 between Jesus and Nicodemus of the spirit and the flesh there is a lot of meaning to the symbolic language used. Also this citation is very ironic. Some of this language is when they say “being born again”. This shows the symbolic meaning in the way that it is referring to baptism. These are relate because when you get baptized you are essentially born into the Catholic Church and recognized as a child of the Christian faith. This citation is ironic because Jesus is saying

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    In Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Marc Antony makes a speech to the people of Rome after the death of Julius Caesar. Through this speech‚ Shakespeare uses language techniques such as irony‚ repetition/tone‚ and figurative language to illuminate conflict between the citizens of Rome and Brutus. Throughout Marc Antony’s speech he uses irony to illuminate conflict between the citizens of Rome and Brutus. For example‚ when Marc Antony states‚ “But Brutus says he was ambitious‚ And Brutus is

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    similar topics and use similar themes.These poems use figurative and literal language‚ talk about hope and how it gets us by‚ and talk about the songs that birds sing. Both are beautiful works and the similarities and differences are very complementary to each other. Both poems talk about birds‚ however one uses figurative language and the other uses literal language. “Hope” is The Thing With Feathers uses a lot of complex‚ figurative language. For example‚ the stanza‚ “Hope” is the thing with

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    Alex wonders what a different life would be like; he never imagined that his life could actually change. Slathbog’s Gold by M.L. Forman is a good book because it is interesting and has a captivating plot. The theme of Slathbog’s Gold is that everything can change when you least expect it. Alex is a good person‚ but his character traits might betray him. M.L. Forman uses many literary devices to make this story better. He builds on his caricatures all through the book. In the book Slathbog’s Gold

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    unreasonable volume‚ the question we must ask ourselves is does it have poetic merit? Poetic merit is essentially the reason that makes a song a lyric poem without the instrumental behind it. Therefore‚ the type of this poem normally has symbolism‚ figurative language‚ metaphors‚ and so forth. In addition to songs having poet merit‚ “Chaos and Clothes” is no different. “Chaos and Clothes” is a song written by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit‚ and explores the idea of letting go. In this song‚ it’s poetic merit

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    reader to see Neruda’s relationship to the dog which has died. My showing that it is his dog which has died‚ the reader is able to analyze the poem as not only a narrative piece‚ but also plays a part in his grieving process. When Neruda speaks of what he believes in‚ he always uses that same word: “Believe”. With the constant repetition of this word‚ he allows the reader to more easily differentiate

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    1. The first example is on line 17. It reads: “Reason burns a brighter fire‚ which the bones”. The next example is on line 21. It reads: “It is the light at the center of every cell.” The last example is on line 22. It reads: “It is what sent the snake coiling and flowing forward” 2. A) The first example is on line 20. It reads: “But this morning the shoe-box house on the back porch is empty.”

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