Nastasia Schreiner Megan Fernandes ENGL 234: Poetry February 4th‚ 2015 Close Reading of One Art by Elizabeth Bishop In Elizabeth Bishop’s poem‚ “One Art”‚ the speaker uses repetition to stress the change of her feelings about loss after she loses someone she really cares about‚ creates symbolism through material objects to show increasingly greater loss throughout her life‚ and uses a satirical tone and voice to portray her struggle managing loss. In Bishop’s villanelle‚ she follows the traditional
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A Close-Reading of DAFFODILS ’ By William Wordsworth The poem Daffodils ’ by William Wordsworth reflects the inherent connection between man and nature‚ which is so commonly found in his poetry; for example‚ in Tintern Abbey ’‚ and The Two-Part Prelude ’. In my essay I am going to explore and analyse the variety of figurative devices Wordsworth uses to communicate this idea‚ and the poetic motives behind his writing. Daffodils ’ is essentially a lyric poem which is expressive
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Elijah Brown Study of Lit Eng 213 Close Reading on The Story of An Hour In the short story‚ “The Story of An Hour” written by Kate Chopin‚ Mrs. Mallard the main character‚ finds out that her husband has been killed on a train accident. However‚ the narrator tells us that Mrs. Mallord has heart trouble. Mrs. Mallard then leaves her sister Josephine and Richard to get privacy in her bedroom. Why it is that Mrs. Mallard began to feel free the more she came to her senses that her husband was no
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Close Reading on The Sun Also Rises This passage I choose is a dialogue between Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley in the final chapter of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises(1926). ). It happens after Brett sent Romero away‚ and asked for Jake’s support through telegrams. Jake hurried to the Madrid hotel where Brett stayed‚ and they had a seven-page- long conversation. This piece of dialogue is pretty much the end of their conversation as well as the end of the novel. In this dialogue‚ Brett is telling
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Close Reading Analysis: The Handmaid’s Tale Often times when one reads a piece of literary work‚ the way that its’ themes and storyline are interpreted is truly dependant upon the reader’s individual beliefs and morals. The same passage from a novel or poem can be seen in completely opposite perspectives from two different readers‚ despite the fact that they contain the same literary text. By definition‚ this is what close reading is. It is taking a passage (or passages) from a work of literature
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creates an atmosphere of eeriness and evil. The imagery causes the reader to feel as if they are actually inside the story and on the boat. They can actually feel the darkness “pressing into them”‚ just as the author has written. For example‚ by reading the phrases put in the story‚ I can suddenly feel a cold chill and imagine the sound of animals and the sea at night. The Caribbean is also well known for its mysteries‚ and by having the second phrase the author can insert more fear and curiosity
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Sonnet 71 No longer mourn for me when I’m dead. Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell. Give warning to the world that I’m fled From this vile world‚ with vilest worms to dwell Nay‚ if you read this line‚ remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe Oh‚ if‚ I say‚ you look upon this verse When I perhaps compounded am with clay Do not so much as my poor name rehearse
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Hamlet’s soliloquy – Act II Scene II Close Reading – Literary Devices William Shakespeare uses many types of literary devices to describe the very principle of Hamlet’s true battle. Hamlet compares himself to a “peasant slave” and to the talented actor‚ whom could give a convincing performance without feeling the true emotion. After his visit with the ghost (his supposed father)‚ he has been dedicated to the idea of plotting revenge of his uncle-father. Although‚ it is difficult for Hamlet to
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in pairs of texts set for study. To what extent is this made evident in the texts you have studied? Connections between John Donne’s Selective Poems and Margaret Edson’s play Wit to a great extent enrich the audiences understanding of each text and the themes of death and love. When these texts are studied together it is evident through continual intertextual reference that Donne has heavily influenced the play Wit. Although the texts differ contextually‚ with Donne’s 17th Century poetry and Edson’s
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APHRA BEHN’S OROONOKO The rise of the novel occurred at the time Oroonoko was written in the late 17th century. Its form literally means ‘new’ which parallels to the description of the natives that are strange to Behn’s readers. Here the discourse of romance is employed which occupied most early forms of novels. She idealizes their lifestyle through her exotic portrayal; they are ‘gods of the rivers’ and their skills depicted as ‘so rare an art’ and ‘admirable’. The amount of intricate detail builds
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