I chose the poem “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath because the poem seemed familiar to me. I then remembered I read this poem in my senior class. My teacher was pregnant at the moment and she decided to give us this specific poem. Metaphors is rich in figurative language. All lines have a hidden meaning or require a little bit of thinking. At first when I read the poem I was a little confused. Later‚ with the simple clues given I discovered that it was about a pregnant woman. Plath composed a poem that
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Tone and metaphors play a critical role in the poem‚ "A Litany in Time of Plague". The tone of the poem helps set up some of the metaphors‚ and the metaphors help to reinforce the tone. Throughout the poem‚ one can find readily find examples setting the tone and several distinguishable metaphors. In this poem the tone and metaphors complement one another very well and go hand in hand in making this poem dramatic and meaningful. The tone in‚ " A Litany in Time of Plague"‚ is prayerful and gloomy
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Stevie Smith’s Metaphor of “Not Waving But Drowning” How is it possible to be surrounded by a million people yet feel so alone? In 1957‚ British poet Stevie Smith wrote a short poem‚ “Not Waving But Drowning‚” composed of twelve lines broken up into three stanzas. The literal words of the poem leave the reader with the image of a distressed man‚ thrashing around in the sea as onlookers lying around on the beach watch but do not help‚ as they believe the frantic man is fooling around and waving
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Harry Thurston’s “Miracle” is a simple and sweet poem‚ which displays the usage of an extended metaphor. As the speaker is in the process of explaining to his daughter as to why she should not pick the blossom and allow it to grow‚ he soon regrets telling her to stop. If Thurston meant to metaphorically convey this poem as the growth of his daughter‚ we can safely assume that the blossom mentioned in the second line of the poem that will “turn into a strawberry” (4)‚ represents his daughter as a
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Chapter 1 Introduction A metaphor is a figure of speech that describe a subject by asserting that it is‚on some point of comparison‚the same as another otherwise unrelated object.Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association‚ comparison or resemblance including allegory‚ hyperbole‚ and simile.(wikipedia‚2012‚http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor) Metaphor is not only important in our life‚but also inescapable
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13 November‚ 2011 Analysis of the Metaphor in the “Fisherman” poem by Kurt Brown Life is a fishing ocean. This reveals the activities of man on a daily basis‚ where man has to go in search of his daily bread and the obstacles that he encounters. Brown’s poem‚ “Fisherman‚” illustrates the sad condition of man and life’s struggles through the metaphor of a fisherman. Reading the poem makes me observe how life is in this period of recession‚ where man’s ego is far seen but his contentment is appreciated
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from the 1740’s‚ The American minister Jonathan Edwards‚ uses similes and metaphors to intimidate and manipulate the hearts of his puritan listeners. He uses a metaphor to dramatize human weakness. He states the human has as much chance of keeping out of hell " as a spider’s web would have to stop a fallen rock." Meaning that the sinners will be presumably going to hell if they don’t do something about it. Another metaphor reads‚ “ The wrath of God is like great waters that are damned for the present;
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contrastive Analysis of translating metaphors in Shakespeare’s Sonnets” Written by: 2nd year student‚ Group: 2LM2‚ Mihai Marina Scientific adviser: University Lecturer Sîngereanu T. Chisinau 2012 Contents: Introduction………………………………………………………………......…1 Chapter 1 Metaphor as language phenomenon and ways of its translation………………..3 1.1. The General Characteristics of Metaphors……………………....……….3 1.2. The Classification of Metaphors According to the Degree of Unexpectedness…
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Kaitlyn Truong Period 4 Literary Device Metaphor: A metaphor is a figure of speech in which there is a comparison between two things or object that are contradictory or different but have a common characteristic. Is similar to a simile but is a hidden comparison because a metaphor doesn’t use the words "like" or "as" like a simile does. Example: " My mother gets very hysterical. She’s not too bad after she gets something thoroughly digested‚ though." (The Catcher in the Rye 51 Function: When Holden
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METAPHOR AND DIALECTICS AS LITERARY DEVICES AND COMMUNICATIVE TOOLS By Odum‚ ikechukwu A. B.a‚ m.a‚ PGD (sc/antr)‚ Mnipr Metaphor as a Literary Device The classical Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle declared metaphor one of the highest achievements of poetic style. According to him‚ “it is the mark of genius – for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances …” (Dukore 50). Our literary world especially‚ the African literary world is pervaded with metaphors. Metaphor has become an indispensable
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