Ozymandias Points to remember: 1. The statue of Ozymandias stands as a metaphor (symbol) of the temporal (not permanent) nature of political power. Time and history have a destructive power that brings all to an end. 2. The statue in the poem also symbolizes pride or ‘hubris’ (arrogance) of all humanity in any form it may take. 3. Material possessions do not last. 4. The poet points out to us that all that is left is art (the remains) and a few words (what is written on the pedestal)
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Exposure is a poem written by the one of the most famous poets of the World War 1‚ Wilfred Owen. The poem illustrates the conditions that the soldiers were exposed to while living in the trenches of the war zone. The poem is divided into two parts‚ with the first one being an introduction to the weather acting as more of the enemy to the British than the Germans were and comparing the war with the Germans less deadly than the war with the environmental conditions. In this essay‚ I will analyse how
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to comprehend the extent to which the secretary feels degraded. In “The Secretary Chant” Piercy conveys her inner feelings of the secretary using several literary elements that help influence the theme of the poem including: metaphorical tone‚ onomatopoeia‚ repetition‚ and imagery. The tone of the poem seems to be very monotonous and emotionless. The poem begins with the sentence “My hips are a desk” (Line1). This sentence gives off a very robotic tone for the poem due to its simplicity and short
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ice fishing trip he/she goes on with his/her dad. While “Dad chops a hole.” (1) in the ice where it was dark because the water would be the deepest. The speaker can hear the “Tunk. Dark hair blighted \ by snow bees‚ his axe” (2-3). “Tunk” is an onomatopoeia for the sound that the axe makes when it hits the ice. The "snow bees” are small pieces of ice flying off father’s axe into his dark hair. The flying ice chips sting the flesh like bee stings‚ as it hits. As the father is “Trepanning the tran’s
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soft ’s’ sound portrays the love that is still felt both of which deepen the original creation of despair. Moving on‚ and Duffy continues exploring the emotion of despair and deepens the overall impact that it has on the reader with clever use of onomatopoeia: “Whole days cawing Nooo at the wall” The imagery used by Duffy is very good at deepening the emotion of despair present in the text as the word ’cawing’ has connotations of birds particularly crows
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Mean Girls and High School Confidential The movie Mean Girls‚ was filmed and produced to highlight the various and different forms of the “average” High School‚ and its students which include: the various cliques of students‚ who believe they are the most popular‚ or those who are too scared to expose themselves to the real world. There are many various groups described in Mean Girls which‚ reflect upon almost all high schools throughout the world. Mean Girls brings out a major discussion
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JUSTIFIABLE. SCOPE OF STUDY THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY IS ‘’AN EXAMINATON OF THE LINGUISTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SELECTED POETIC DAVICES IN THE MENDE LANGUAGE’’. THIS WILL INCLUDE SIMILE‚ METAHOR‚ PERSONIFICATON‚ ALLITERATION‚ ASSONANCE‚ HYPERBOLE‚ ONOMATOPOEIA‚ SYMBOLS‚ OXYMORON‚ IMAGERY‚ SPEAKER‚ STANZA‚ TONE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POETIC DEVICES‚ THEIR FUNCTIONS‚ HOW THEY ARE RELATED TO 0THER LANGUAGES [EXAMPLE ENGLISH]. IN ADDITION‚ FOR THE RESEACH TO MEET IT GOALS‚ IT WILL LOOK AT THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF
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The poem ‘Parrot Deaths: Rite of Passage’ written by John Kinsella highlights the internal struggle the speaker is experiencing through the death of the parrots. Although the action is happening physically‚ the struggles the parrots face are parallel to the speaker’s own mental purgatory. Colour is intensely used to convey atmosphere and character to both the parrots and the speaker. The use of first person narration‚ gives the poem a personal tone. Colour and physical appearance are dominant
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Rey‚ Wenalyn T. BSED-III I. Multiple Choice Directions: Read the following (3) three selections‚ choose the correct answer. 1. What figure of speech is bores me to tears? a. hyperbole c. metaphor b. simile d. personification 2. What figure of speech is the book dropped from his hands like lead? a. simile c. personification b. hyperbole d. metaphor 3. What figure of speech is they had to have it in their libraries as a monument of antiquity‚ like those old rusty
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compared to tigers; wild animals which are perceived as viscous and ferocious. These large flames are said to be “roaring hungrily”. The use of the word “hungrily” implies that the flames are consuming while the use of the word “roaring” is an onomatopoeia showing that the fire was loud. The reader no longer feels a sense of pity towards the boy because he has caused so much irreversible damage. The feeling of hostility is heightened through this quote: “And frightening
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