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    Stylistic semasiology

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    STYLISTIC SEMASIOLOGY OF THE ENGUSH LANGUAGE (Методичні вказівки до семінарських та практичних занять зі стилістики англійської мови для студентів IV курсу. (Видання 2) . Уклад. Воробйова О.П.‚ Бойцан Л.Ф.‚ Ганецька Л.В. та інш. - К.: Вид. центр КНЛУ‚ 2001. - С. 28-33.) 1. Semasiology is a branch of linguistics which studies semantics or meaning of linguistic units belonging to different language levels. Lexical semasiology analyses the meaning of words and word combinations‚ relations between

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    aracetrack‚ as a train does on the railway tracks. InAnd lick the Valleys up‚ “lick” is used to describe the horse eating up the valley to the train’s covering distances when it travels. In the third line‚ And stop to feed it feed itself at Tanks is a metaphor comparing the eating of the horse stopping to feed at a tank to a train stopping to fuel up (feed itself) to keep going. In the last line And neigh likeBoanerges‚ the verb “neigh” gives away that the train is metaphorically a horse‚ because a train

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    LED 604 ILOWeekOne Essay

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    of the frames comes with a group of concepts‚ metaphors and values that provide the scaffolding for organizing raw experience of the world. The four-frame model are structural‚ human resource‚ political‚ and symbolic. The first frame is Structural. According to Bolman & Deal (2013)‚ “The structural approach focuses on the architecture of organization-the design of units and subunits‚ rules and roles‚ goals and policies” (p. 21). The structural metaphor for organization is factory or machine‚ which

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    ambulances by larkin

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    forcing the reader to acknowledge the ambulance’s symbolic significance as a reminder of our own mortality. By close examination of the ambulance and its literal movement it is possible to gain a greater understanding of how the ambulance serves as a metaphor of death and the idea that it is ubiquitous; it is indiscriminate; it is inevitable. In the first stanza‚ Larkin immediately makes clear the ambulance’s symbolic substance with the description of the ambulance and its literal movement through

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    The Jaguar By Ted Hughes

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    prison darkness after the drills of eyes’. The metaphor and visual imagery of ‘prison darkness’ suggests the bars or window of the enclosure and lack of light. The ‘drill of his eyes’ are silhouetted against the darkness‚ so the focus of the image is centre of glowing yellow eyes. The jaguar’s mind envious his freedom so that he is physically trapped yet mentally free. The reader sees what the jaguar sees in his own mind through series of metaphors. ‘His stride is wilderness of freedom’ suggests

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    Jane Yolen

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    readers attention to the serious social issue of body image. Overall the poem is likeable and effective‚ making important points about the distortion of role models and body image in modern day society. When she describes the princesses‚ she uses metaphors and similes to draw attention to her body image. She says she thinking of a fairy tale where the princess is not “wasp-waisted” (6). This phrase is a hyperbole to describe the stereotypical Disney’s princesses’ figure of a slim waist and large bosom

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    Elizabeth Bishop

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    insight into both her own life and life in general. Bishop is a very personal poet‚ who is extremely passionate about her work. Her coloured childhood features regularly throughout. Bishop‚ unlike many poets‚ refuses to write about any random topic or issue. She will only write about something that she is truly passionate about. Having studied an array of her work‚ I have noticed that‚ although her poetry is personal‚ it is also extremely universal and easy to relate to. One of Bishop’s

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    within these elements. By her stating what a poem should contain‚ she explains how you can see beauty in everyday objects and jobs. Throughout the entire poem‚ Mary Oliver displays not only these two elements of form‚ but also the elements of imagery‚ metaphor‚ and symbolism while maintaining the overall theme of equality. While writing “Singapore”‚ Mary Oliver used the form Ars Poetica throughout the entire poem. Ars Poetica form is when an author writes a poem that explains what elements or ideas

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    the wagon convinced me that it is not “sweet” nor “fitting to die for one’s country” (610). The author’s use of dictation was extremely effective in convincing me of just tragic and pointless war is. In addition to dictation‚ the author’s use of metaphor and similes also influenced my reaction to this poem. In the first line the author describes the troops as being “Bent double‚ like beggars under sacks”(610). This simile expresses the condition of the men and

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    Malcolm X

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    The poem‚ “A Birthday” by Christina Rossetti is a strong poem that uses many literary devices as well as describing how she feels when she found her lover. Christina Rossetti’s poem lets the reader know that a Birthday is not always what it seems to be‚ but a happy moment in your life. She expresses her feelings and emotions in many ways. People that criticize her writings have many good and bad things to say about Christina’s poem “A Birthday.” This is because when she writes she has the tendency

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