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    children’s poetry. Prelutsky writes the poem “The Bogeyman” which is in his poetry collection titled “Nightmares: Poems to Trouble your Sleep” written in 1976. The poem describes the horrifying features of the monster named “Bogeyman” who lives in a darker‚ dangerous place waiting to attack anyone who comes near. The speaker of the poem warns the audience of the danger of ever encountering the creature. In the poem “The Bogeyman‚” Jack Prelutsky uses many literary devices such as repetition‚ tone‚ and

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    Literary Analysis for The Outsiders S.E. Hinton shows in her book The Outsiders that life was rough for people who live in the 1960s. This book takes place in a small Oklahoma town in 1965. The book has two sets of characters‚ the Socs-- who are richer and live on the west side of town‚ and the Greasers-- who are poorer and live on the east side of town. Especially showed in The Outsiders‚ the setting can and will affect the storyline and character development. The setting affects the storyline

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    Literary Analysis Paper Arthur Miller is a great author that uses many forms of syntax‚ figurative language‚ and diction to enhance his writing throughout The Crucible. Miller uses figurative language throughout The Crucible‚ to put emphasis on certain ideas and things. Miller also uses diction in The Crucible to show that the story is taking place in the past and to give the story a more biblical feel to it. One other thing that Arthur Miller does really well is his use of syntax. He uses syntax

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    Literary analysis: “The catbird seat” This short story wrote by James Thurber is about a working class guy who has worksed at a firm called F & S for twenty two years. The story takes place on New York on mid 1900’s‚ this setting is characterized by the chauvinism of that time‚ women where repressed. Erwing Martin has been recognized as an efficient and concentrated worker‚ who never smoke neither drinks. Suddenly‚ Mr. Fitweiler‚ one of the presidents of the firm decided to employ a new worker

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    Edward Hirsch’s poem‚ For the Sleepwalkers‚ explores the issue of admiration for sleepwalkers and their faith in themselves. Hirsch uses literary techniques to illuminate how the speaker’s view of sleepwalkers develops throughout the poem. At the beginning of the poem‚ Hirsch uses an evident parallel structure recurring in the first stanza is the phrase “so much faith in.” This repetition emphasizes the amount of faith that the sleepwalkers have‚ and by showing that the speaker acknowledges the sleepwalkers’

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    Poem Analysis Digging Digging is a poem written by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s about a person looking back into the past and thinking about his father and his grandfather. The memories in the poem are about his father and his grandfather’s occupation. The sentences: ‘Stooping in rhythm through potato drills.’ shows that his father was a potato farmer and ‘My grandfather cut more turf in a day’ shows that his grandfather was a turf harvester. The title of this poem also has a meaning

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    hardship with difficulties‚ loneliness‚ and suffrage. In the novel‚ The Odyssey by Homer‚ their characters has significant roles and inspiration for the author‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ to create the free verse poem‚ “ An Ancient Gestures”. The poem has developed through the inspiration of the two characters in The Odyssey‚ which includes‚ Penelope and Odysseus. Having Penelope waiting for her love one‚ Odysseus‚ to return from the exodus from Troy. With the genuine emotions coming from both of the character

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    Jessica Johnson Dr. DeFee English 212-006 March 15‚ 2013 Literary Analysis of “The Birthmark” Romanticism is the keen sense of life of the natural person. It was a cultural movement from 1770 to 1860. This movement established nature as the beginning and the end. A notable writer of the Romanticism era was Nathaniel Hawthorne. One of his more significant Romantic works is “The Birthmark”. This story reveals the pursuit of perfection in a world where it is non-existent. The protagonist in

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    Comparative essay on two poems: A Feaver & The Flea By John Donne Introduction: John Donne is remembered today as one of the leading interpreters of a style of poetic verse known as “metaphysical poetry‚” which flourished in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.1 Metaphysical poetry usually employs unusual verse forms‚ complex figures of speech that are applied to create elaborate and surprisingly unorthodox metaphorical examples‚ and learned themes discussed according to

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    Examining Literary Catalysts in Two Short Novels For the longest time women have played the secondary roles in many novels written by men‚ which many times they were only used for effect on the story. However‚ the two novels that will be discussed in this paper show men in those secondary roles. In the book Brown Girl Brownstone‚ by Paule Marshall‚ we see the secondary character played by a man who by first appearance seems like a sloth. In some aspects he serves as a foil to the mother figure

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