Commentary: “My butt is big…” The text is an advertisement‚ by the Nike Corporation‚ that endorses women’s sporting products. The tenor consists of an assertive‚ satisfied and self-assured woman whom boasts confidently of her own “butt”. Consequently‚ the mode of the text can be both spoken and written‚ as the voice of the woman speaks colloquially‚ using everyday language. At first glance‚ readers may identify the emphasis on the words “my butt is big”‚ as the words are enlarged and bolded
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her only American skirt from her trunk at home. It shifts to her son sitting in the Yuba City School. The mood of the poem is that of anxiety and despair. An element of uneasiness makes the reader feel uncomfortable. Divakaruni uses‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ and symbols. The rhyme scheme is abc in the first stanza‚ abcdefg in the second stanza‚ alternating back to two abc’s ending in the last stanza with abcdefg. None of the words rhyme. Perhaps the author wishes the reader slow
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Compare the ways poets show peoples relationships with nature in ‘Below the Green Corrie’ and one other poem you have studied. In the poem ‘Below the Green Corrie’ written by Norman MacCaig‚ the poem explores the way nature impacts on man as the poem is powerful and emotional. The large mountains give McCaig a spiritual and physical love for the landscape‚ he describes his life as being ‘enriched’. This shows that instead of being threatened by the mountains he has bonded with nature as it has
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In ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ Helena is presented as an extremely lovesick and broken girl. To present Helena‚ Shakespeare uses carefully crafted language and a range of techniques such as metaphors‚ similes and hyperboles. The audience’s reaction to Helena changes throughout the play‚ for example‚ at different points in the play‚ we feel sympathetic towards her. At the beginning of the play Helena is heartbroken and extremely upset due to Demetrius’s hate towards her. We know this as she says
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of Plath’s poetry is made strange and often terrifying by her use of poetic techniques. In my opinion the poetic techniques that aid most in making the world of her poetry strange and terrifying would be the use of allegory‚ imagery‚ similes and metaphors and also the use of words with ominous connotations. The poems that I will discuss in which these poetic techniques are present are Finisterre‚ Morning Song and The Arrival of the Bee Box. Finisterre‚ being a landscape poem‚ uses the power of imagery
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The two voices are Thomas’s opportunity to act as a guide to Llareggub. He uses the Voices throughout the play‚ the first Voice starts and ends the play‚ the characters seem to interact with the voices‚ and for example the characters often finish off lines that the voices started. One example of this is in the introduction of Mr Pugh‚ the retired school teacher. First voice: "Mr Pugh" Mr Pugh: "remembers ground glass as he juggles his omelette" It does the same thing further down the page when it
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The world’s wife is a compilation of poems published in 1999 and written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ a modern feminist poet. It covers various myths in order to give women a voice. This includes the short monologue like poem: “Medusa”. How do metaphors‚ symbols and allegories contribute in clarifying the meanings of the poem? Primarily‚ they emphasise Duffy’s feminist ideals‚ Medusa’s emotions and aging difficulties. Medusa‚ the protagonist‚ uses the myth metaphorically in order to create a modern and
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similar topic that is about American dream. The readers can find that from the following examples. In the ‘Harlem’‚ the first stanza ‘what happens to a dream deferred?’ the reader can know that Hughes is interested in a dream in his poem. Also‚ from the word ‘deferred’‚ we can find something negative‚ which is able to be explained that Hughes’s dream can’t be finished so it has to be deferred. The same example could be found in last stanza ‘Or does it explode?’ after ‘explode’‚ there is nothing. So
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“The Last Leaf” by O’Henry. William Sydney Porter was born on 11-th of September in 1862 in North Carolina. His mother died when he was three year old. Porter worked at drug store of his uncle. Then he went to Texas and tried many professions. For example rancher‚ bank teller‚ journalist‚ founding a comic weekly magazine The Rolling Stone. Then was employed by the Houston Post to write a humorous daily column. When Porter alleged from bank he was arrested and spent 3 years in federal penitentiary
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Belonging The desire to belong is universal. Acceptance‚ understanding‚ establishing identity‚ relationships‚ choice‚ circumstance‚ culture context‚ nationalism‚ psychology motivations‚ jealousy‚ greed‚ racism‚ xenophobia (irrational fear of what is perceived to be foreign or strange)‚ desire‚ family group. Belonging: Identification‚ expectation‚ conformity‚ unity‚ familiarity‚ socialisation‚ connection‚ assimilation‚ inclusion‚ duty‚ religion‚ intrinsicality (genuineness)‚ relations‚ agreement‚
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