Exposure by Wilfed Owen A poem written by the World War One poet‚ Wilfred Owen‚ is ’Exposure’. This poem is set out to show the reader what the conditions were really like during the First World War and to make it clear that the events that surrounded him‚ were not pleasant. In this essay‚ I am going to write about how Owen exposes the pointlessness of War‚ throughout this poem. In Verse One‚ Owen starts by explaining how he and the people around him are feeling. He writes that their brains ache
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journeys. The imagery of this poem surrounds a train and can represent the physical aspect towards the new world. It starts off straight away with the lines “It was sad to hear‚ the train’s whistle this morning” straight away using the feature of onomatopoeia‚ giving the train a more life-like attribute with the use of ‘whistle’ but also setting the tone of the poem towards a more negative tone using the word “sad”. The stanza continues to portray a sense of loss‚ sadness and hardship as they await
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the deliberate repetition of consonant sounds assonance deliberate repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds hyperbole exaggeration for dramatic effect metaphor a comparison not using as or like when one thing is said to be another onomatopoeia "sound echoing sense"; use of words resembling the sounds they mean oxymoron a seeming contradiction in two words put together personification attribution of human motives or behaviors to impersonal agencies rhyme repetition of same sounds
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Look‚ stranger‚ at this island now by W.H. Auden This poem us a "musical" exercise in which the poet reveals his technical skill by using sound techniques and figurative language to reinforce his description of a scene. It is one of Auden’s few poems of natural description‚ perhaps of the coast in the West Country of England. The first stanza requires the stranger - someone unfamiliar with the island of kingdom of Britain but perhaps acquainted with the stereotype of it as a dull and gloomy place
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fifty miles long‚ a mile high‚ and no more than an inch off the ground… The earth pounded like a mad heart‚ boys‚ a heart gone to panic. My bones shook fit to break. The earth shook:rat-a-tat rat-a-tat‚ Boom! Rumble.” (83). Bradbury incorporates onomatopoeias and similes in Colonel’s words to further justify his functionality. The literary devices enhance his storytelling‚ along with the descriptions of the scenery and the violent actions that happen within it. He uses the colors of the storm to set
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How does Tennyson tell the story of ’Godiva’? In the poem ’Godiva’ Alfred Lord Tennyson employs another famous mythological legend and transforms it into a story of his own. it is a narrative poem written from the perspective of an omniscient narrator whereby Tennyson has introduced political and economical aspects of Victorian society‚ the time in which the poem was written. The poem is written in verse paragraphs
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Everyone has a unique view of the world‚ yet poets can also provide their insight into certain worldviews through the characterization of the poem’s speakers. While the speaker of “Hawk Roosting” is arrogant and self centered‚ the speaker of “Golden Retrievals” has a sense of duty towards its master despite its distractible nature; despite the poems speakers being polar opposites the poems are connected in perspective since both poems explore animal points of view. In Ted Hughes’ poem “Hawk Roosting”
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The previous chapter showed their physical similarities whie this chapter points the differences in their temperaments. Where Darnay is composed‚ polite and a gentleman‚ Carton is a heavy drinker‚ ill-mannered and unkempt. Dickens uses the contrast between the two men to rate the degree in which Carton is ruining his own life‚ with Darnay serving as a representation of Carton’s unrealized possibilities. Dickens stresses this point in Carton’s moment of self-reflection in front of the mirror.
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The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler‚ long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5 Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ And having perhaps the better claim‚ Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same‚ 10 And both that morning equally lay
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There is a contrast between Curley‚ who is violent and aggressive like a terrier and the helpless Lennie who was still looking blankly at Curley and smiling in the memory of their future ranch. Onomatopoeia is used‚ when Curley is attacking Lennie‚ in the phrase ‘then smashed down his nose with a right’ and this‚ in par with the violent imagery of the next sentences makes the reader think about the scene and what is going on in the
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