Two poems about city life by Liz Lochead Liz Lochead has written two poems about city life‚ one being Laundrette which is set in an area of Bristol which is full of bedsits‚ meant for students just renting. The other poem is George Square which is set in the business district in Glasgow. As the first poem mentioned‚ Laundrette has a subtle start as it says ‘We sit nebulous in steam’ (nebulous meaning hazy or vague). You could almost have a debate on all the possible places that you ‘sit nebulous
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Use onomatopoeia‚ personification‚ hyperbole‚ and dialogue) When he stepped out of the castle gates he encountered a frog‚ it immediately scared him‚ causing him to run back to the castle gate where he was corned by the happy jumpy frog. “Ahh! No Stay Back!”
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poem is also called a dramatic epilogue. A dramatic epilogue is a one person piece of drama. ‘Weapon’s Training’ could actually be used as a drama piece as it is very dramatic. c) ‘I want to hear those eyeballs click..’ Click is the example of onomatopoeia. Is emphasis and it is creating a sense of fear among the soldiers. What the drill sergeant is actually saying with this is turn your heads quickly right so I can hear your eyeballs move in their sockets. He is being very serious and does not want
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age his main love was for the ‘warm thick slobber of frogspawn’ which he was taught to love by ‘miss walls’. It is all described in a very childish manner which portrays that he took allot of pleasure out of playing and touching it. Heaney uses onomatopoeia in the word ‘slobber’ which helps convey the image of the young boy playing with spawn slipping through his fingers. On the other hand Clarke portrays a very different view of nature in ‘Field Mouse’. This poem is not written from a personal point
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flag / We share our colour like a blanket / We cast our skin like a shadow / We wear our skin like a map”. Consonance: a repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words. Example: “We were very tired‚ we were very merry”. Onomatopoeia: words used for special effect when their sounds suggest their meanings. Example: “The cat hissed at the darkness”.
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Have you ever read a story that is so disturbing and realistic that it is hard to believe that it is actually fictitious? Well‚ you need not look any further than Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ The Tell-Tale Heart; in fact‚ noise isn’t the only way that you are kept in suspense as you navigate through the ominous story. Edgar Allen Poe uses time‚ repetition‚ noises/setting‚ and imagery to effectively create a spooky and disturbing atmosphere in his works. Poe is the master at manipulating emotions and creating
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characters (s) don’t. Situational Irony- occurs when circumstances turn out differently from what the reader expects or anticipates Metaphor: A direct comparison between 2 unlike things. Example: The moon was a pearl in the black velvet sky. Onomatopoeia: The sound of a word resembles its meaning. Example: Buzz‚ hiss‚ zip. Personification: Human qualities are attributed to inanimate objects‚ animals‚ etc. Pun: A play on words. Example: Make like a banana and split. Repetition: The repeating
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The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe‚ first published in January 1845. It is often noted for its musicality‚ stylized language‚ andsupernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover‚ tracing the man’s slow descent into madness. The lover‚ often identified as being a student‚ is lamenting the loss of his love‚ Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas‚ the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant
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Poetry has been called the best words in the best order. The Highwayman deserves to win the title of “The best words in the best order” because of various compelling messages‚ themes and an assortment of stimulating language techniques‚ and vivid descriptions. The Highwayman is a ballad written by Alfred Noyes‚ a tale of Revenge‚ betrayal‚ forbidden love‚ courage‚ and moreover selfless sacrifice. It shows that LOVE can overcome any barrier‚ for example‚ we know that “The Highwayman” is a common
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Volume 2‚ Chapter 3 * Identify the important events The monster develops his five senses but he’s unable to differentiate them and is unable to distinguish light and dark when he blinks. He wanders from the laboratory to a forest near Ingolstadt‚ which offered him shade. The monster finds raw berries and nuts and discovers the flickering remnants of a fire. He realises that the fire can be kept by adding wood and that fire is used for warmth and to cook food. All of the people that the creature
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