The Puritan faith varied greatly between its public and private members during the 17th and 18th century. Anne Bradstreet shows the private side of the Puritan faith in her poem and Jonathan Edwards shows the public side of the Puritan faith. Bradstreet was a very successful colonial poet during the mid to late 17th century‚ while Edwards was a Puritan preacher who led the Great Awakening about seventy years after Bradstreet‚ in the 1730s and 1740s. Bradstreet’s poem “Upon the Burning of Our House
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------------------------------------------------- Read the poem “Stop all the Clocks” attached to this pack carefully and write a criticism in essay form. In general‚ the poem “Stop all the Clocks” written by W. H. Auden is about death of a dear person. When analyzing this poem in details‚ we see that the subject matter of first stanza is concerned with shutting out every sound apart from drums‚ which will accompany the entering coffin. As for the second stanza‚ the subject matter deals
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Osborne’s use of Language is ‘Look Back in Anger’ / Language as a protagonist in ‘Look Back in Anger’ The basis of any great dramatic play lies in its devilment of plot or of characters‚ but in Look Back in Anger‚ the chief characteristic seems its reliance on action which is based on the use of language in the play. Undoubtedly‚ the action of the play is mainly psychological and involves necessary use of language. The characters have fluctuating thoughts‚ hidden emotions and relational bindings
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after the changing. There was a plethora of figurative language in these books‚ The first example is from Counting by 7s when Willow and Pattie and doing Dells laundry “It takes us three trips to haul the mountain down to the laundry room”. This is hyperbole because they weren’t actually crying a mountain to the laundry
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Song: Go and catch a falling star The poem “Song: Go and catch a falling star” was written by the cherished poet‚ John Donne. In this satirical poem‚ through a series of images‚ he conveys his belief on the faithfulness‚ or rather the unfaithfulness of women. Donne’s use of diction‚ allusion‚ imagery‚ sound effects‚ and tone create a unique richness in the language of the poem‚ which make it enjoyable to read. The denotations and connotations of this poem create more depth and richness. In
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English Techniques Allegory Story with a double meaning: one primary (on the surface) and one secondary. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters‚ figures/ events in narrative‚ dramatic or pictorial form. Alliteration Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase. Anaphora The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Anecdote A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. Illustrate
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Everyone has desires‚ and one desire‚ love‚ is one for which most people crave. Pablo Neruda’s poem “I Crave Your Mouth‚ Your Voice‚ Your Hair‚” describes how someone is hungry for love. Other poets express this craving for love as fatal as others will tend to kill to be loved. In “Sonnet 43” by Elizabeth B. Browning and “Sonnet 116” by Shakespeare also express how powerful love can be. Although there are many differences‚ they share similarities with the devices they used to convey their messages
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Timothy Winters What effect does this poem have on you‚ the reader? The effect this poem has on me is it makes me realise how lucky and grateful I am because I can afford things and have a lovely life style. However Timothy Winters has the opposite‚ he is very poor and can’t really afford anything. The poem is based on a little boy called Timothy Winters who is very poor and can’t afford much. The statement for the poem is that Timothy Winters is a poor little boy who cannot afford much and
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a satirical text responding to the social issues in Ireland relating to the increasing population‚ leading to more homeless beggars struggling to support themselves let alone their many children. Swift’s clever use of irony‚ sarcasm‚ paralipsis‚ hyperbole and evocative language helps convey his point of view. Swift proposes that the poor should sell their children in order to obtain a profit. He utilizes his work to satirically place much of the blame on England in order to help the defenceless poor
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representations of the flow of feelings produced by uncomfortable conversation. Throughout the passage‚ the author makes consistent use of hyperbolic statements for comedic effect‚ both overtly and covertly. The first‚ and perhaps less comedic example of hyperbole is in the very first line‚ with “out in the hallway I could hear my mother straining for something to talk about.” By saying this the narrator is implying that his mother’s strain to converse is so immense that
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