language contains language features which are found in and more commonly associated with literary works. Examples pattern reforming / taking language and adapting it – example 1 – pun on the word reason / raisin – food preparation; extension of metaphor of “cold”
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single day. Throughout the novel‚ Hurston uses many different metaphors to express her ideas‚ which also define the style she uses. The passage I have selected includes when Janie first arrives to town. Hurston had described the town mostly as‚ “These sitters had been tongueless‚ earless‚ eyeless conveniences all day long…They passed nations through their mouths. They sat in judgment.” (Hurston 1). Hurston combined not only a metaphor‚ but personification as well as she was describing the people
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fashion‚ taking ‘poor souls’ from their average everyday life‚ in the ambulances case‚ taking them to hospital. In the case of death they are often taken from life altogether. Larkin’s metaphor of ambulances lingers throughout the entire poem‚ much like the message of death. Alternatively however when looking at the metaphor as something symbolic we can see how more precise links to death. For example the ambulance is a form of both literal and metaphoric meaning. In a literal way is precedes a journey
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Extended metaphor: the swamp is a metaphor‚ described as “struggle‚ closure‚” “the center of everything.” The speaker struggles trying to grasp it in its entirety: bones knocking‚ trying “for foothold‚ fingerhold‚ mindhold [italics added]‚” the last of this list qualifying that this journey extends beyond the physical‚ it is a trial of mental conception‚ of putting one’s mind around a complicated problem. Important also to note that the relationship between the speaker and swamp seems
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bored‚ lazy moods of the animals to the lively‚ adventurous mood of the jaguar‚ which does not see this confinement as a way of stopping him behaving as if it were in its natural environment. The poet’s clever use of techniques such as similes and metaphors clearly puts an image in our minds of the animal’s ways of life and gives an accurate interpretation of what we would normally see at a day at the zoo. The poem describes the actions of the lazy‚ bored animals to the energetic mood of the jaguar
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attention as a reader‚ evaluate the poem by using the reader-response approach‚ and finally describe said approach. "The Road Not Taken" captured my attention because I was able to relate to the literary work in a personal way. The poem contains a metaphor in which an individual has to make a decision between two important choices. This touched me because it reminded me of the time when I came to this country and I faced a situation where I had to choose between two important things. Let me explain
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“Dreams” a direct approach is used. Hughes uses statements and metaphors to make his point. The authors statements tell us to hold on to our dreams. This is the focus of the poem. He uses metaphors to reiterate this thought‚ and expand the readers understanding of the serious nature of this statement. The first metaphor from this poem is‚ “life is a broken winged bird‚ that cannot fly.” Hughes’ statement coupled with this metaphor explains that life has no purpose without dreams‚ just as a bird
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perfect scene Dickenson has planned. As always‚ Death is unpredictable and unable to be scheduled or planned by a mortal. Dickinson’s description of the setting is limited. She only stresses “In the room‚” but her excessive use of similes and metaphors helps the readers to conjure up the picture of the deathbed scene: “The stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air— Between the Heaves of Storm—” The room quiets as the narrator and the mourners are waiting for the last breath of
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to a question…even one that YOU had Note why you underlined it (Setting? Theme? Mood? Point of View?) REPETITION AND LITERARY DEVICES Circle any lines that are repeated (this means they are important!) Circle any Literary Devices (simile‚ metaphor‚ alliteration‚ etc.) simile He left like a ghost in the night alliteration His feet fleeing fast Leaving me behind I later knew he was gone for good He left like a ghost in the night repetition CONNECTIONS Put brackets around sections that
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have been. There is an extended metaphor that runs throughout the piece that compares Alexander to something fragile and cracked. Words like "splintered"‚ "shards" and "fractured" imply glass and all of its frailty. She sees herself as a mass of distinct pieces‚"a mass of faults‚"that cannot succeed in coming together‚ "fluid and whole" to complete her as a satisfied person. In opposition to this "glass diction‚" Alexander uses another metaphor that compares herself with a beautiful flower
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