falls;) anaphora (the sea‚ the sea; the tide‚ the tide) ; Personification (The wave’s hands‚ the sea in the darkness calls‚ ) ; Rhyme scheme (AABBA; AACCA; AADDA) Alliteration (Steeds in their stalls stamp; curlew calls; sea-sands; toward the town) Onomatopoeia-neigh Psalm- rhyme (abab); paradox ( life is but an empty dream!) similie (Still‚ like muffled drums‚ are beating; be not like dumb‚ driven cattle) imagery; Imagery: The Tide- "He uses imagery of the waves with soft white hands effacing the footprints
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trace of political glorification or mindless romanticism of war. Throughout the poem he uses very graphic‚ sometimes grueling imagery. "A mans brains splattered on a stretcher bearers face." The word "splattered" is effective in that it is an onomatopoeia that sounds truly horrible in this context. Even the title‚ "Dead Man’s Dump" suggests a wasteland of distraught bodies left to rot because they have no meaning. Throughout the poem there are religious connotations present such as "crowns of
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Poetic Devices and Forms Line - equates a spatial measure or words or sounds‚ a fundamental conceptual unit. Stanza - a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length‚ metrical form‚ or rhyme scheme. Figurative language - Expressions or statements that are intentionally not literally true. Metaphor - A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving deeper meaning to the second. Forms of the "to be" verb are often used; "is" or "was". All the world’s a stage And men
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school to us. “They never really knew how to play‚” we convinced ourselves. It seemed everyone was so much happier when we were the new kids on the field instead of those silly children. As soon as they stepped on the pitch‚ they oozed confidence. (Onomatopoeia) “Hey‚ do you want to be my super fan next year when I make varsity?” they chided. It seemed they fed off of each other’s energy as they playfully teased and prodded our egos. How would you feel if some kids started running circles around your
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North Coast Town – Poem Analysis The poem is set on the north coast of New South Wales. In Stanza 1‚ the persona is out beside the highway attempting to catch a ride. ‘Nothing much in my pockets but sand from the beach‚’ this suggests that the man slept on the beach the night and that it was pretty common for it to have occurred. The word ‘nothing’ is negative and is a sign of worthlessness. A Shell station is located near by as long as a hamburger stand both closed. The two utilities both represent
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of loss of individuality‚ sacrifice for children especially in comparison to past life. Line 1: * ‘her clothes are out of date’ connotation – no time for herself – sacrifice her image/identity for children Line 2: * ‘whine’ ‘bicker’ – onomatopoeia – imagery – understanding of her life difficulties of raising children Line 3: * ‘aimless patters in the dirt’ - metaphor for her‚ her feelings Line 4: * ‘Someone she loved once’ – someone from the past‚ ‘one that got away’ Line 5:
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Write about the ways in which the character of Billy Pig is presented in the novel (30 Marks) Brook’s presents Billy Pig through the eyes of Martyn as half the man he should be: “Fat little belly‚ florid skin‚ yellowed eyes‚ sagging cheeks and a big fat neck.” The oxymoron of ‘fat little’ suggests that even though Billy Pig may be large physically‚ he is degraded in size by the adjective ‘little’ – reflecting his cowardly ways. Similarly‚ the adjective ‘yellowed’ has the connotations of being
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Owen is more famous for his angry and emotional poems such as Dulce‚ though his quieter poems can pack just a strong a punch. Futility has a barely controlled emotion to it‚ we are used to Owen questioning war and people but here he questions life itself. His desperation and hollow lack of hope‚ so resigned against life‚ is intensely emotional‚ beyond anger and beyond help. His use of sounds and assonance give the poem a quiet tone‚ almost as if the speaker is whispering. There is no
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beautiful woman. Africa is personified as a woman with "deserts her hair [...] / mountains her breasts / two Niles her tears" (3‚6). The description creates vivid images of the land. In line 21‚ Africa "screams loud and vain." This personification and onomatopoeia suggest that the continent was devastated when people were taken from their homeland. Also‚ the words "she" and "her" are repeated throughout the poem. The continent is treated as a woman to empathize. In line 24‚ which states "she is striding
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Journey Essay The study of the poems Journey to the Interior by Margret Atwood and A Summer Rain by John Foulcher; the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and the picture book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak has developed the concept that “Every journey‚ if it is truly a journey‚ will change the traveller‚ often quite profoundly by changing their perspective on themselves or their surrounding world. Journey to the Interior depicts Atwood’s metaphysical journey to
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