Anne Bradstreet’s The Author to Her Book describes the complex attitude of the author - specifically the attitude of an author towards her work. Through use of a controlling metaphor‚ that of a child‚ Bradstreet manages to convey all of her feelings towards one of her works. In order to introduce the controlling metaphor of The Author to Her Book‚ Bradstreet begins by using words that allude to the idea of birth. Within line one‚ Bradstreet uses the phrase "offspring of my feeble brain" to show
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communicates his specific and unique idea of love in many clever ways. Throughout this sonnet‚ Shakespeare skillfully defines “love‚” with the use of connotative language and metaphors. The lines that begin with: “O no! it is an ever-fixed mark‚” “Love’s not Time’s fool‚” and “I never writ‚ nor no man ever loved‚” all consist of metaphors and connotative language that reinforce Shakespeare’s idea of the everlasting and unchanging nature of true love. Metaphorical language is seen
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howling around him.” This sentences is very filled with visual and auditory imagery. The opening sentence creates a feeling of a fast-paced rhythm in its brief expression. The pace reflects the craziness of flooding rain and surging sea. The metaphor of the ship’s “music… howling” brings an auditory imagery which symbolizes the storm‚ which overwhelms the singular pronoun “him” just as the storm overwhelms the Star of the Sea. As well Nature overwhelms the Man. “The low whistling; the tortured
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Orwell and Swift One of the techniques they have common is that both of them are using satire. After comparing Orwell and Swift essay‚ I believe that Swift uses satire more effectively than Orwell does. At first‚ Swift uses his title more effectively than Orwell. Second Swift’s statements which is eating infants for saving Ireland has more impact than Orwell’s statement. Thirdly‚ Swift essay drips with sacrism by using many metophors. First of all‚ the title of Swift’s essay immediately demonstrates
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of nature. Remarque uses personification as well as metaphor to convey the destruction of nature to the reader. Before they
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poems are to do with life and yet both looked at different parts of it. They each used similar language techniques but for different reasons. They both use metaphors and imagery to emphasise their points In both "Rising five" and "Piano and Drums" metaphors are used to link the surrounding with life itself. In the poem‚ "Rising five" metaphors were used to show the inevitability of death‚ for example in the lines "we look for the grave in the bed: not living rising dead"‚ this indicates how that
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in this speech because it makes his audience think twice about what he is saying. In the speech Henry uses figurative language‚ like similes and metaphors‚ to compare things. An example of figurative language is “I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience” (83). Figurative language‚ such as similes and metaphors‚ is helpful because it could compare something complex to something you understand better. In the example above he is comparing a lamp to experience
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The Grammardog Guide to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley All exercises use sentences from the novel. Includes over 250 multiple choice questions. About Grammardog Grammardog was founded in 2001 by Mary Jane McKinney‚ a high school English teacher and dedicated grammarian. She and other experienced English teachers in both high school and college regard grammar and style as the key to unlocking the essence of an author. Their philosophy‚ that grammar and literature are best understood when
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because she says ’stars are kinda my thing […] it is a metaphor‚ and metaphors are important. My golden stars are a metaphor for me being a star.’ Rachel is also the main protagonist of Glee. "Hi my name is Rachel Berry and I’ll be singing "On My Own" from the seminal Broadway classic Les Mis. You might laugh because every time I sign my name I put a gold star after it‚ but it’s a metaphor. And metaphors are important. My gold stars are a metaphor. For me. Being a star. [...] You might think that all
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specific examples‚ give one example of a metaphor‚ one example of a simile‚ and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. Metaphor: A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as. For example: In the sermon the metaphor of loathsome insects describes sinners. The congregation’s righteousness is compared to a spider’s web. God is compared to an archer. What metaphor is used for Hell in the italicized passage
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