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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FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Adjunction: Adjunction refers to a clause or a phrase‚ usually a verb‚ that is added at the beginning
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villagers that then come to the house upon hearing about the sting. Ezekiel uses the simile “…like swarms of flies…”to describe their number and behaviour and then develops it in the following line‚ “…buzzed the name of God a hundred times…”. The onomatopoeia of “buzzed” allows us to hear the constant noise they made. The reason the villagers are compared to flies is to show exactly how exasperating they are and that they are not welcome‚ like flies. This
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Explain how particular features of at least two of Wilfred Owen’s poems set for study interact to affect your response to them. Wilfred Owen’s war poems central features include the wastage involved with war‚ horrors of war and the physical effects of war. These features are seen in the poems "Dulce Et Decorum Est" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth" here Owen engages with the reader appealing to the readers empathy that is felt towards the soldier. These poems interact to explore the experiences of
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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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