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    will attend‚ and suddenly becomes determined to go himself. Benvolio retaliates‚ stating‚ “Take thou some new infection to thy eye‚ and the rank poison of the old will die.” Shakespeare illustrates how Romeo’s love quickly becomes toxic through an oxymoron. Although Romeo may see women as beautiful and falls in love very quickly‚ Benvolio brings him back to reality by saying that his love is poisonous to him and everyone else around him. Romeo‚ still oblivious to this‚ refuses to listen to Benvolio’s

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    Intense personal memories and reflections have always been an inspiration to poets. Explore this concept with regards to the poems that you have studied referring to three poems in detail and at least three poems from your wider reading. The theme of reflections is something frequently explored in literature. It is truly a powerful force. It can bestow courage‚ feelings of warmth‚ and even overwhelm you and this is exactly what the below six poets did by manipulating their personal and emotional

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    Langston Hughes and Claude McKay were popular poets during the Harlem Renaissance period around 1919 to 1933. The two poets share similar viewpoints and poetic achievements making them alike but also different in many ways. The Poets literature flourished during the early twentieth century with much racial tension between blacks and whites. Their poetry expressed the emotions of blacks living in America in poems such as Hughes’s “I Too” and McKay’s “America.” “I Too” is about the separation of

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    expected of me. Personal responsibility is being smart and using common sense‚ time management and focus. Time management is also a huge part of making sure that my responsibilities get handled. Jon Maxwell states that “Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control‚ and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have”. I agree as a single mother I have accepted the fact that there is never enough time in

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    Literary Terminology STYLE: The manner of a literary work is its style‚ the effect of which is its tone. Below are concepts by which you can analyze stylistic features. Figures of Speech Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound or consonant cluster in consecutive or closely positioned words Anaphora: The repetition of words or groups of words at the beginning of consecutive sentences‚ clauses or phrases Assonance: The repetition of identical or near identical stressed vowel

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    country spot’ this lulls you into the false hope that nothing will go wrong here as it is too nice a place. However it then goes on to annihilate that image of the quaint village by ending the sentence with words like ‘dark’ and ‘soldierly’. This oxymoron leaves you with the idea that the picturesque quality is simply a facade for the evil that lies beneath. The idea that all is not as it seems builds tension because the reader then wants to know what is truly going on and why the lie was there in

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    which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. “Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies.” John Keats‚ “ On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” 6. Oxymoron- a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous‚ seemingly self-contradictory effect. “Ride ten thousand days and nights Till Age snow white hairs on thee” John Donne‚ “Song” 7. Paradox- a statement

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    descriptive language depicts her education in literacy as she expresses her views on Sydney during this period of time. “To the child who would inherit this beautiful corrupt city.” Claudia’s views on Sydney’s underbelly can be summarised through the oxymoron: “Beautiful corrupt city.” “There has always been a‚ let’s say‚ “close bond” in this state between organised crime and the

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    ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti This Victorian poem is about the narrator (a fallen woman)‚ the Lord and Kate. It is a ballad which tells the story from the narrator’s perspective about being shunned by society after her ‘experiences’ with the lord. The poem’s female speaker recalls her contentment in her humble surroundings until the local ‘Lord of the Manor’ took her to be his lover. He discarded her when she became pregnant and his affections turned to another village girl‚ Kate‚ whom he

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    SUV’s use a lot of gas and pollute the air more than the eco-friendly cars that are being made today. When you write unpatriotic inside of something that resembles an American Flag‚ there is definitely a bit of irony involved. It is a bit of an oxymoron also‚ and this helps it catch people’s attention when they see it on someone’s back window or bumper. It also really makes you have to think about what it means. Some people may not understand the nature of the bumper sticker. It is a small thing

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