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    “Like i’m gonna lose you‚” by Meghan Trainor‚ is filled with multiple literary devices. This song was one of many others on the top hits in 2015. The song “Like i’m gonna lose you is filled with mostly three main literary devices which is similies‚ metaphors‚and personifications. This song is about how they felt that their love wasn’t going to last‚ but they are holding onto those last moments with each other. One of the similes in the song is “I found myself dreaming in silver and gold like a scene

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    POEM ABOUT YOUR LAUGH

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    better it makes new species and in the end it brings her to new fathoms and joy to all. Susan uses many metaphors throughout her poem and it creates many different scenes in your mind. Susan also uses many symbols such as the sunlight‚ the prayer wheel and the diver’s bell. In the first three verses of the poem Susan states that the laugh resembles unsynchronized clocks. Susan was using a metaphor to explain that the laugh is similar to clocks in a watchmaker’s shop when all the watches strike an hour

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    In addition to the factor of different voices‚ there is also the use of figurative language. This poem uses alliterations and metaphors that perfectly help the reader to understand the situations. There is alliteration introduced in the first stanza by the first voice or “the dead man” and says: “I was much further out than you thought” (line 3)‚ which can be a metaphor too further in the poem. If analyzing it literarily it means that the man was too far out on the sea‚ where the water is

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    Women by Alice Walker

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    figurative language to prove that these late 1900’s woman were strong. Metaphors are arguably the most significant figurative e language used. Alice Walker writes that these woman " led armies‚ head ragged generals”‚ in just these few lines it is clear that Walker was in absolute awe of the women’s strength. By comparing women to soldiers‚ she is implying that they are strong‚ wise‚ and powerful. Walker extends this metaphor when she says that these soldiers of women move "across mined field’s booby-trapped

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    who has an internal conflict. The poem has a remorseful tone as the speaker reflects about his or her past. The dominant poetic devices in this poem are metaphors and similes‚ both of which compare two different ideas. A metaphor in this poem compares the many lies in life; they are referred to as “In an ocean of lies” in this poem. The metaphor “It was an oyster at my feet.” compares the world to an oyster‚ because children do not understand how huge the world is; in the world‚ there are many worthless

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    nature; but even while she appreciates this creature‚ whenever she encounters it; it still chills her to the bone. Through her use of style such as personification‚ descriptive imagery‚ metaphors‚ and similes Dickinson causes the reader to gain an appreciation of the snake; but then uses the same style (metaphors and imagery) to remind her readers that the snake is still no matter what‚ chilling and terrifying. The snake is an individual of nature‚ and must be appreciated‚ yet Dickinson can never

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    that our society has been culturally brainwashed. Therefore‚ Postman has given us seven key elements of critical thinking to help us understand the English language and avoid the manipulation of language: definition‚ questions‚ simplicity of words‚ metaphors‚ reification‚ style and tone‚ and the non-neutrality of media. Postman’s first principle is that a definition is only a means of helping us achieve our goals. Definitions do not have the power to stop us from achieving our purposes. Definitions

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    They’re really metaphors and part of the language of poetry. 2. Frye means by “every form of literature has a pedigree” and “literature can only derive it’s form from itself.” that every literary work comes from a related source or idea in literature. A writer’s interest to write can only have come from a previous experience of literature. 3. A convention is a certain typical and socially accepted way of writing. 4. Frye uses the idea of a newborn baby as a metaphor by saying that

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    Figurative Language Figurative language was used by Margaret Atwood‚ through the persona of Offred‚ to illustrate The Handmaid’s Tale. Figurative Language consists of similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ hyperbole and idioms. First‚ figurative language can be used to describe different settings. 1. Offred’s experience at night in her bedroom “The heat at night is worse than the heat in daytime. Even with the fan on‚ nothing moves‚ and the walls store up warmth

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    flower? A. The poet refers to the fragrance of a flower as it opens. He uses a metaphor to compare the flower to a goblet. What type of figurative language is used here? A. The poet uses personification‚ “cruel bars‚” attributing human qualities or emotions to an inanimate object‚ to intensify the sense of unjust imprisonment. How do we know which season the poet describes? Sympathy Paul Laurence Dunbar FOCUS: METAPHOR I know what the caged bird feels‚ alas! When the sun is bright on the upland

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