world’s a stage’ is composed in free verse‚ a one stanza poem‚ with no specific rhyme scheme. However‚ the poem is written in an iambic pentameter pattern. Throughout the poem‚ Shakespeare has used figurative languages such as metaphor‚ simile and oxymoron and schemes like alliteration to give the poem more depth. The metaphorical title‚ “All the world’s a stage” compares the world to a stage. On this stage‚ each man plays the drama of his life and the poem describes this drama of life through seven
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“Horses” Edwin Muir in First Poems‚ 1925 Notes Compiled and Edited by RI First Reading • The sight of horses now‚ in the present‚ leads the speaker to consider his feelings towards horses when he was a child: ‘Perhaps some childish hour has come again’. • Main focus: – The various descriptions of horses and the speaker’s feelings towards the horses – An other-worldliness about them‚ something magical – Admiration and fear are mixed – A clear Romantic feel about the poem: e.g.
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One rather negative perspective on love is that the costs may outweigh the rewards The play‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and the novel‚ ‘Pride and Prejudice’‚1813‚ by Jane Austen‚ both have the same concepts of love and that a rather negative perspective on love is that the costs may outweigh the rewards. In both texts‚ they demonstrate the limitations that prevent them from being together. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ the idea of the opposing families‚ the pressures of society‚ the
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Consequently‚ the concept sustainable development was conceived. However‚ this concept is perceived to be oxymoron by environmentalists‚ in other terms it is viewed as a combination of two contradicting terminologies. In view of the above‚ this essay endeavours to explain with relevant specific examples the reason why environmentalists consider the concept sustainable development as an oxymoron. In order to establish a good argument‚ two literature definitions of sustainable development shall be given
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be available for all kindergarten through twelfth-grade students in order to tackle the problems of obesity. The number of overweight youth has more than doubled in the past thirty years according to an article‚ "Is Physical Education Becoming an Oxymoron" written by Vicki Worrel‚ a Physical Education professor at Wichita State University. In addition‚ fifteen percent out of nine million children‚ ages six to nineteen‚ are overweight according to the article "The Growing Cost of Obesity." Obesity
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life. The boy’s faith is conveyed in the use of the words “bless” and “exorcise” which is the power the boy believes the light has to overcome the “monsters that ringed his bed” and create a “holy common place of field and flower”. The use of the oxymoron is significant as the boy attempts to make an ordinary children’s bedroom a sacred place where demons are unwelcome and where he will be safe. The holy and religious images of the first two stanzas contrast with the devilish images in the following
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Poets Wilfred Owen and Kenneth Slessor both explore war conflict‚ while also exploring the dehumanisation of soldiers and emphasising that no where it safe during the war. Owen portrays the men to be “cringe[d] in holes” with “forgotten dreams” dis-empowering the soldiers and making them less of men or perhaps applying sympathy on them. Additionally‚ Owen similarly utilises inclusive language like‚ “we turn back on our dying” to further show and imply empathy to the soldiers for the suffering they
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Figure of Speech Examples A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a meaning something different than its literal meaning. It can be ametaphor or simile that is designed to further explain a concept. Or‚ it can be a different way of pronouncing a word or phrase such as with alliteration to give further meaning or a different sound. Examples of Figures of Speech Using Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of beginning sounds. Examples are: Sally sells seashells. Walter wondered where
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The excerpt under analysis is taken from a play "Thursday Evening" written by Christopher Morley. He was born in 1890. He is an American author‚ received unusual recognition early in his career. Among his widely known novels are "Kitty Foyle" and "The Trojan Horse". The subject matter of the excerpt is a quarrel between Laura and Gordon‚ a married couple‚ they have to struggle through and a common mother-in-law stereotype‚ which Christopher Morley opposes the with two very likable and charming women
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poems. Keats uses language techniques‚ imagery and sound devices to help enhance the "richness" in his two odes‚ "Ode on Indolence" and "Ode on Melancholy". Keats uses simile‚ pathetic fallacy‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ transferred epithet and oxymoron to enhance the imagery. Keats also uses sibilance and alliteration to help create the mood of both poems. In "Ode on Indolence" Keats uses simile to describe the figures coming to life in his imagination‚ "They pass’d‚ like figures on a marble
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