“An hour of TV class‚ an hour of basketball or baseball or running‚ another hour of transcription history or painting pictures‚ and more sports‚ but do you know‚ we never ask questions‚ or at least most don’t: they just run the answers at you‚ bing‚ bing‚ bing‚ and us sitting there for four more hours of film-teacher. That’s not social to me at all. It’s a lot of funnels and a lot of water poured down the spout and out the bottom‚ and them telling us it’s wine when it’s not.” (Bradbury 27) In this
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at home: “holy glimmers of goodbyes” “The pallor of girls brows shall be their pall” the pall that covers a casket “Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds” The flowers that rest on soldiers graves. Alliteration – “rifles’ rapid rattle”. Onomatopoeia – “Can patter out their hasty orisons” (orisons – funeral prayers)‚ “The shrill‚ demented choirs of wailing shells” “stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle” Symbolism – “What passing-bells for those who die as cattle” Cattle being led to the slaughter
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Dulce Et Decorum Est(1) Wilfred Owen depicts the traumatic truth about war in his antiwar poem ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’. Throughout the poem he tells us about his own experiences on the Front Line‚ lashing out at the military chains of command that carelessly encourage young men to go to war without a fear of dying for their country‚ it being and honour to do so. Immediately we are introduced to the horrifying image of the soldiers. "Bent double‚ like old beggars under sacks‚ Knock-kneed
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which could deserve such attacks on the body and mind of soldiers‚ nor how they could be seen as sweet and decorous. It is through this poem that Owen portrays his true feelings about the war and he does this through another technique‚ through onomatopoeia and visual words. Soldiers are often seen as proud‚ tall men. But in this poem‚ Owen
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“Mankind often underestimates the power of nature” Compare ‘The Flood’ and ‘A Survey’ in the light of this statement ‘A survey’ and ‘The Flood’ are two poems which both use linguistic‚ rhythmic‚ structural and vocal tools to label the power of pure nature. They differ in many ways yet both‚ when delved into and studied‚ appear to agree that mankind does misjudge nature’s power. The titles themselves of these two poems indicate an underlying meaning. For example‚ ‘The Flood’ highlights
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masterpieces. Also I learned illiteracy of the general populous was the reason for early writings written in poetic format so it could be sung. Hesiod‚ Homer‚ and Virgil were the master-storytellers who used elements such as personification‚ metaphors‚ onomatopoeia‚ and similes to make their stories come alive to the listener; for example‚ “The fertile earth being burnt‚ roared out…” provides an auditory picture of the viciousness of the battle (2008‚ p. 59). “The Theogony”‚ “Iliad‚” and “Aeneid” describe
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pickled peppers." Metaphor: a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly‚ without the use of like or as. "Her hair is silk." Personification: assigning human qualities to non-human things. "The tropical storm slept for two days." Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds. "Boom. Gurgle. Plink." Hyperbole: an expression of exaggeration. "I nearly died laughing." Symbolism: using an object to represent an idea. A symbol means what it is and also something more. Lions often symbolize
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include low‚ soft sounds‚ such as "softly"‚ "humbly"‚ "convoys" and "rolls"‚ with the rhythm and alliteration of "swaying and wandering"‚ which present a calm‚ soothing tone. However‚ this soothing calm is more of a grief‚ as illustrated by the onomatopoeia‚ in "sobbing and clubbing of the gunfire". The main place or action is sensed as afar‚ so the washing up of "dead sailors and "tide wood" represents a calm after a storm‚ wherein the storm is a battle out to sea. The suffering of the sailors
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common. 11. Metonymy - A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also‚ the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it. 12. Onomatopoeia - The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. 13. Oxymoron - A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. 14. Paradox - A statement that appears
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Walks in Beauty I. She walks in beauty‚ like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. *onomatopoeia-words that spell out sounds; words that sounds like what they mean. She Walks in Beauty I. She walks in beauty‚ like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
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