Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ The key word here is "two". Throughout our lives we constantly face decisions where we have two choices. Even when it seems there is only one choice‚ we can decide either to DO it‚ or NOT do it; so there are STILL two alternatives. And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler‚ long I stood Then there are times we wish we could do BOTH; HAVE our cake and eat it too! We know we can’t‚ so we must agonize over the choices; weigh the possibilities. And
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Frost created a scenery where the speaker is looking at a long fork in the woods. Either the speaker can go down one road or go down the other‚ but the speaker does not know which one is the best route. He describes one side of the road to be “grassy and wanted wear; though as for that‚ the passing there‚ had worn them really about the same time” (line 8). In other words‚ the road was well used and known to the community. Then he describes the other side of the fork “in leaves no steps had trodden
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our feet‚ is taken for granted every single day‚ but never by a soldier on the front lines. Erich Maria Remarque explains this through his character Paul Bäumer in the excerpt of his novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul is explaining the effects that war on the front can leave with a soldier‚ the hopelessness‚ instinct of an animal‚ and appreciation for things as simple as the earth that we walk on. While explaining these effects Remarque uses literary and rhetorical devices. Portraying
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How do the Literary Devices construct meaning in “The Visit”? The book “The Visit” is a play which is composed by literary devices. All of the messages and ideas that this play contains are expressed through literary devices‚ thus giving life to the major themes. Literary devices give meaning to “The Visit” because they construct the main theme‚ which is money can corrupt anything. To begin‚ there are many literary devices in “The Visit”‚ and they are continuously used with the purpose
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Throughout Slaughterhouse-Five‚ Vonnegut chooses to use special literary techniques that better explain his own encounters in war as well as help his readers bare the horridness of war. Vonnegut adds black humor in his text to benefit readers as well as “an author-as-character” perspective to set barriers and help protect his own memories in the war. Without adding these two specific devices‚ Vonnegut could possibly have lost reader’s interests in the book or lost his own interest in writing the
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Edgar Allen Poe makes use of several literary devices in order to create a gloomy atmosphere in his poem “The Raven”. Alliteration‚ rhyme‚ onomatopoeia‚ assonance‚ and repetition are used to contribute to the melodic nature of the work and provide an almost “visual” representation of his gothic setting. Poe is a master of using these writing techniques. “The Raven” is one of his most popular works. This is certainly due‚ in part to his use of these literary devices in this piece. The poem tells of
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The Most Dangerous Game Literary Devices When is the last time that you saw a literary device? In a poem‚ or a novel? Perhaps a short story? Literary devices: we all use them‚ we all love them‚ but what can it really do for an author’s writing? When used correctly they can add character and dimension to one’s writing‚ but what some fail to remember is that even the best writers can fall extremely short to writing excellent literary elements. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game‚” Richard
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Red Grief People use literary devices in their speech every day. However‚ few people know what they’re called. In his short story “The Whirligig of Life” O Henry demonstrates five common examples of literary devices. The first example of figurative language is in the very beginning of the excerpt‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief”. O Henry ironically uses the simile “as flat as a flannel cake” to describe the town of Summit. The irony is that the flat town of Summit doesn’t contain a single summit. The
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the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”‚ Wilfred Owen uses a variety of literary devices to tell a sickening sight which he encountered in World War 1. He discusses a side of war no one wants to talk about and challenges the reader’s thinking. Owen uses the literary devices of tone‚ figurative language‚ and imagery to showcase the actuality of what soldiers faced and encountered while both on and off the battlefield. The first literary device used throughout
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constructing a poem the author must consider the way in which the message will be established‚ therefore they must make specific choices using poetic devices to convey the meaning to the reader. In poetry the author makes use of sound devices‚ rhyme‚ imagery‚ typography and language to construct the meaning of the text. Examples of the use of literary devices to construct meaning can be seen in the poem ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen - a sonnet illustrating the horrors of war‚ and ‘Digging’
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