“I Like to See It Lap the Miles” In “I Like to See It Lap the Miles‚” Emily Dickinson uses metaphoric comparisons of a train to a horse. Dickinson also uses distinctive vocabulary to emphasize objects and places in the poem‚ perhaps to confuse the reader on what the poem is truly about. Although the poem never mentions the words “train” or “horse”‚ Dickinson’s choice of words makes the reader think it is about a train. In the poem Dickinson gives the train characteristics that relateto the
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Fire and Ice The first time I read this poem I thought that the meaning was about how the world would end. Would it go by burning up or would it freeze as everything turned into ice? In First Peter it states that the world will end in fire and burn up‚ so that is the way I believe. After the class analysis I realized what he was really saying. What he was saying is that the actions of men and human emotions can destroy the world. In the poem Frost states that cold is like hate and he knows
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The art of storytelling is one of an intricate process. When it comes to relaying a message the process in which this occurs varies between the artists of the craft. Kate Chopin has a literary style that is dependent on techniques such as Irony‚ Juxtaposition‚ and Symbolism to bring this short story to life and leave an impact on the reader. Through these literary devices Kate Chopin is able to add emphasis on her on beliefs and attitudes that alter the perception on female roles in the text and
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Literary Analysis Stephanie Butler ENG 125 Introduction to Literature 1-12-15 There are many types of prejudice in our world‚ but in the two literary works “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and “What it’s like to be a black girl” by Patricia Smith‚ racism is the prejudice that the characters are battling with. Unfortunately racism is a global problem‚ but these stories discuss racism in America. These writers have used their ability to write to discuss these problems by short story and
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I think that three mile island should close because of dangers it brings. If Tmi would blow up the whole city would have to evacuate. And pollution would be in the river and around the city for awhile and if people were still in the city they would most likely die. But there are some pros and cons to why I think it should close. So the first pro is while tmi is running they are losing money. In the last 5 years they lost $500 Billion dollars. Why should they keep it open if they are losing that
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find peace. Wordsworth shares his getaway from reality in “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey‚” where he revisits Tintern Abbey along with his younger sister‚ Dorothy‚ after five years. Compared to his experience five years earlier‚ Wordsworth reacts differently to the calmness of Tintern Abbey. During this new reaction‚ Wordsworth relates his emotions to the cycles of life. In “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above
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grocery store‚ he specifically notices the organized layout of the Mackerel. This everyday experience gets Mark Doty thinking and reflecting. Eventually‚ he creates a deeply insightful poem out of this simple experience‚ a poem he calls “Souls on Ice”. As Doty begins the poem with a simple description‚ the metaphors guide and lead him throughout the end. Once a simple idea fell into his hands‚ Doty felt a moment of exhilaration. When Doty starts the poem’s investigative process‚ “a terrific
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Life of Pi Literary Analysis Shreya Parikh "It was not a question of him or me‚ but of him and me. We were‚ literally and figuratively in the same boat" (164). In the great story‚ Life of Pi‚ told by Yann Martel‚ two very different creatures surviving on the same boat takes a lot of determination. A relationship between Pi Patel and Richard Parker can be defined on both literal and metaphorical levels and both pertain to different aspects of Pi’s inner thoughts and himself. During
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The 100-mile diet is a great concept where you consume food that is grown and produced in a one-hundred-mile radius from your house. The perks of this diet are clear: you know what’s being put into your food‚ you aren’t producing as much fossil fuel waste‚ you have open communication with farmers‚ you’re supporting the local farming industry. However‚ this diet is much easier said than done—especially in Shanghai. The 100-mile diet is very popular in America where people care about what they are
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1. Allegory (寓言)– The word derives from the Greek allegoria ( “speaking other-wise” ). It loosely describes any writing in verse or prose that has a double meaning. This fictional literary narrative acts as an extended metaphor in which persons‚ abstract ideas‚ or events represent not only themselves on the literal level‚ but also stand for something else on the symbolic level. An allegorical reading usually involves moral or spiritual concepts that may be more significant than the actual‚ literal
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