mother was unfaithful. “Which well appearèd in his lineaments‚/Being nothing like the noble duke my father./Yet touch this sparingly‚ as ’twere far off‚” (91-93) uses anaclasis to replace a long syllable with a short syllable. The word “‘twere” replaces “it were” to create uneasiness. By breaking up the rhythm of these lines‚ Richard warns that his mother is still alive. His mother’s affairs should only be hinted at‚ because things would not go well if everyone thought that his living mother was infidel
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the wind hitting on the house. The simile on the other hand also portrays the strengths of the gale. Structure has a very important role in the poem as it compares the poem to the actual qualities of wind. Both the punctuation and the amount of syllables in each line reflect the wind. On the one hand the punctuation
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Essay Emily Dickinson’s ‘I heard a fly buzz when I died’ describes the speakers moment of during death with is ruined by a fly impairing her vision of the moment of death or the ‘light’. The speaker is with their family in a room for the preparation of the moment when the speaker passes away. The tone of the poem is dreamy‚ languid and almost completely relaxed. It is almost as if the speaker a ghost in the dreamy relaxed manner the speaker conveys their thoughts and recollections. This complete
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remembered for her odd use of dashes and capital letters. For example‚ she would often end lines with dashes and use capital letters in the middle of sentences. Her lines were also inconsistent in length. Sometimes she would follow a two-syllable line with an eight-syllable line. In addition‚ Dickinson also avoided traditional full rhymes‚ like ball and tall. She used mostly slant rhyme (words that look like they rhyme‚ but they do not‚ such as can’t and want). Dickinson also believed that punctuation
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Figure of speech A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification. Figures of speech often provide emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. However‚ clarity may also suffer from their use‚ as any figure of speech introduces
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However‚ there are still some musical links between these two distinct cultures in the six elements of music which are pitch‚ duration‚ timbre‚ texture‚ dynamics and structures. The two obvious musical links in the two pieces are the improvisatory free rhythm and imitations. In the Thai classical music tradition‚ an octave is divided into seven equal parts‚ while in an American tuning system‚ the octave is divided into twelve equal parts. The scale of this Thai music is pentatonic and it can be
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It is composed of several different lyrical speech-like phrases with rhapsodic emotions with a low level rhythm. The rhythm is based on a syllable count‚ accents‚ and long and short vowels. In the background of the piece is the sound of a faint fiddle. It is harmonically accompanying the angelical choir through the highs and lows of the chant. In this recording‚ there is
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and therefore the Infant turned out the same with out Joy but with being unthankful of the world and life itself. In infant Joy there are 4 syllables in the first line and the shortest syllables in the poem are 3. There are two stanzas and Blake uses ABCAAC for the first stanza and DBCEEC for the second stanza. In Infant Sorrow there are 8 syllables
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William Carlos Williams and His Imagist Poetry Modernism and Imagism‚ two movements in literature ‚which were developed in the 20th century .At the beginning of the decade ‚modernism was a revolution of style .Crime‚ depression‚ and materialism filled this era. Musician‚ artists‚and writers broke away from technique to create a new art.Also‚ imagism brought fragmental and chaotic life where nobody felt secure and happy.After that
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Compare how the theme of love is presented in a selection of pre-1914 poetry The theme of love is a universal‚ timeless issue that has always been discussed and forever will be. People are searching for the true meaning of love and how it is different from person to person and from race to race. Everyone is amazed by how love can make people experience so many emotions and how love can bring sadness and happiness and confusion. ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ By John Keats and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’
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