Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 1 Diction and Imagery Literary Techniques • The meaning of a poem (i.e its focus‚ mood and the speaker’s attitude) is enhanced by four main types of literary techniques: • Diction • Imagery • Sound devices • Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Diction • Diction is the choice of words a poet uses to bring meaning across. In working through a poem‚ it is useful to question why a certain word is used‚ and what kind of effect is achieved with the choice and placement
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Mariah Lindsey AP Literature & Composition Poetry Essay Final Draft December 16‚ 2012 As you begin to pay attention to your own stories and what they say about you‚ you will enter into the exciting process of becoming‚ as you should be‚ the author of your own life‚ the creator of your own possibilities. The theme of William Shakespeare sonnet # 18 “Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s day” is eternal love. Shakespeare compares his lover to summer‚ the most beautiful season of the year.
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by- Anvi Dadhich (1555) Indian poetry before and independence has been a debatable topic among the critics. Critics are bifurcated into two groups on the achievement of Indian English poetry‚ especially. There is group of critics like C.D. Narasimaih and V.K. Gokak who applaud the poetry of Sri Aurobindo and Sarojini Naidu‚ while critics like Parthasarthy and others have appreciated the poetry of post-independence era (after 1947) and have outright condemned the poetry of pre independence period. According
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Poetry Explication The Lamb and The Tyger When Reading William Blake’s poems form the song of innocence and song of experience readers get how both links to each other to create a greater meaning. The Lamb from the song of innocence shows the innocence of god in a person‚ while The Tyger shows the experience of a person. Paired together‚ William Blake’s poem The Lamb and The Tyger uses biblical symbolism and diction to illustrate the perspective of religion both good and bad. The titles of
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interesting reading. The novelists may not construct a compact plot‚ but they tell the story so well. They are so entertaining that children still love to read and enjoy a novel of Dickens or Thackeray. The plot may be improbable‚ but there is enough suspense‚ and the readers’ attention is not allowed to slag even for a single moment. They do not like to give it up unfinished. Panoramic Nature The Victorian novelists may miss the heights and depths of human passion‚ there may be no probing of the human
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Evette Zimmerman ENC0025 - 725623 05 March 2013 Revised: Analysis of the Old Man and the Sea Under close inspection‚ people have had a hard time agreeing what to make of Santiago ’s adventure in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. Is it just a good fish tale? One brave man‚ one big fish‚ - sounds Biblical‚ but is it? Are we dealing with parable or fable? If so‚ what is the parallel narrative‚ or message‚ or moral? Different people have arrived at different answers‚ but I believe that
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Hoagland‚ specific diction is used in metaphors in order to expose corruption in American society. The poem begins with a " student" (1) symbolizing the innocence of the person being corrupted such as our youth. By using the word "student" the writer may want to express the feeling that this corruption is due to the fact that one is still learning and one shall learn to not be corrupt. This choice of wording could also be used in order the show the point that one is corrupted through influences like
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Four young sisters‚ who had little in materials; yet‚ had the greatest of spirits affecting everyone who knew them are portrayed through Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. The eldest was gorgeous‚ sweet Meg. She worked as of governess for an affluent family to try to help out at home. Next is‚ tomboyish‚ strong-minded Jo. She worked for her old aunt as servant‚ to help like Meg‚ and loved to read and write whenever she could. Third was humble‚ quiet Beth. She was not the school type; therefore‚ stayed
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the sonnet the love of the poem‚ which is needed for an iambic pentameter. In the next allusion in the poem Sonnet by Bill Collins‚ he mentions Petrarch. According to Petrarch biography‚ Petrarch is an Italian poet who is best known for the Iyric poetry of his Canzoniere named Lura and is considered one of the greatest love poets of world literature. (Your dictionary‚ web) In addition‚ according to Peter Sadlon‚ Lura was a married woman. As a result‚ for being a married woman Lura would turn down
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P O E T R Y A N T H O L O G Y “Racism and Suffering in African American Poetry” 1|Page T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Cover Page ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………………..……………… 2 Prologue …..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……… 3 Poem List ….…………………………………………………………………………………………..………………….…… 4 Commentaries ……………………………………………………………………………….……………………………… 5 “Africa” by Maya Angelou ……………………………….………………………………………………………
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