as well as highlight their differences by analyzing the different ways they utilize literary devices to convey their message. The most efficient way for a poem to speak to the reader is by using metaphors‚ indirectly representing an image or an even. In both poems the authors use metaphors as a way to grasp the reader into the text and make them think beyond the obvious. In Billy Collins’ poem it compares a man embracing himself to a man in a strait jacket. When first reading the poem without
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from The Longman Reader‚ is writing to an audience of students. He begins his essay by appealing to the reader’s own memory of writing an essay. He makes the essay personal putting you‚ the reader‚ in the essay. He does so in stating‚ “You are Just looking forward dreamily to the weekend when the English instructor says: “For Monday you will turn in a five-hundred-word composition on college football” (224; par1). Brent Staples in his essay “Just Walk on By” taken from The Longman Reader‚ starts
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feelings of “boundless and generous contentment‚ a magnanimous triumph felt in communion with the finest and fairest in the souls of all men everywhere (255) . . . a symbolic delusion. The lock on the cellar door makes any escape impossible‚ though the reader is never told who holds the key. Citizen visits are mandatory‚ a symbolic reminder to the town folk of their deal‚ never to forget what they traded for their idyllic way of life. Outwardly‚ Omelas is preparing for a celebration‚ the Summer Festival
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Blake is an emotional setting of man who is going though something in his life and he has found himself walking through the streets of London. It leads readers to believe that something has happened in which led this man to go on a long walk along the Thames River. The last line of the poem‚ "And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse" tells the reader that something has happened between this man and his wife. As this man is walking‚ he describes what he sees on people ’s faces. It ’s not a very
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as a way to portray to the reader that there is a feeling of sadness or even death approaching in the words to follow. This analysis will convey how the narrative elements express the poems main theme of a young boy’s life being extinguished while doing the work of a man. As one reads “Five mountain ranges one behind the other Under the sunset far into Vermont” (Frost‚ 1916‚ para. 5)‚ the sense of being out in the wilderness becomes placed within one’s mind. The reader can visualize how far from
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different ways. Summary of Strategies by the Authors I think Langston Hughes in “Salvation” tries to get the reader to imagine a hot sweltering church on a balmy Sunday morning. This would be the setting for the young boy at 12 years of age trying to see Jesus in another aspect because he is becoming of age for the church. The authors strategy is not to confuse the reader but to make the reader understand that Langston was not lying about seeing Jesus but in fact did not believe in Jesus because he
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the cold"‚ helps to further describe a cold harsh winter day. Hayden sets an image of a hard worked man with his diction in line three‚ "cracked hands that ached". Hayden ’s words in line nine‚ "fearing the chronic angers of that house"‚ gives the reader insight to the father ’s demeanor. Although the speaker talks about anger to describe the
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effectively communicates his message to the reader by combining a wide variety of symbolism and excitement. Throughout the novel the author uses a plethora of examples to display his message and even incorporates his views within the theme of the novel. A respectable theme in The Swimmer is the inevitable passage of time. This theme is clearly established through the protagonist of the novel‚ Needy. In the beginning of the story the author provides the reader with a clear background of Needy’s life
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Introduction A newspaper headline is often the only thing that readers read in a newspaper‚ or at least‚ it is the first thing that everyone notices in a newspaper. It serves as a indicator for the reader that helps decide whether to continue on reading the whole text or to skip it onto another one. Each headline should be a summary of the news which follows. A headline should be a regular sentence structure containing a subject and a verb. It means that only lexical‚ not grammatical words are used
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Women without Freedom In the drama Trifles‚ Susan Glaspell uses actions‚ characters‚ settings‚ objects as symbols to show the reader that men did not appreciate women and women at that time period did not have any freedom and happiness. In the drama‚ when Mr. Peters‚ Mr. Hale‚ Mrs. Peter and Mrs. Hale enter the kitchen of the Wright household‚ their conversations and their actions show that men do not appreciate women. For example‚ County Attorney says‚ “And yet. For all their worries‚ what would
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