Imagine how much could change if a different choice was made at one point in life. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”‚ he compares life choices to a meeting of two roads. Frost describes the comparison in many ways. By looking at metaphor‚ personification‚ and imagery‚ it is clear that these literary devices contribute to the overall meaning of the poem. The entire poem is an extended metaphor. A metaphor compares two things by saying one object is another. It is implied that Frost is saying
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Karait to protect Teddy even though it was dangerous (para 33). This proves that Kipling uses personification to prove the reason above because he gives human characteristics to Rikki Tikki by saying that Rikki Tikki had fought Karait to protect Teddy‚ but it is not possible in real life for a mongoose to kill a snake only to protect someone which proves that this is personification. This piece of personification demonstrates the theme because it proves that if someone cares about someone‚ they will face
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rainy days. I use a lot of personification in this poem. Using personification is dominant in the poem because I like to make objects come alive. Most of the personification is directed toward clouds in general. One example is in line three of the first stanza‚ which says‚ “They cry like they are teenage girls having a bad day.” Personification is also used in line one of the third stanza which states‚ “I hate rainy days‚ clouds why do you weep?” Personification was the main
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also seen on the language of the poem as W. Wordsworth uses personifications when he starts by comparing himself to a lonely cloud. Another personification and metaphor is when W. W compares the daffodils to a crowd of people and further more dancing humans. He starts his poem with a simile Alliteration: lonely as a cloud (line 1). Simile: Comparison (using as) of the speaker’s solitariness to that of a cloud (line 1). Personification: Comparison of the cloud to a lonely human. (line 1) Alliteration:
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In the poem‚ “Break of Day in the Trenches”‚ the author‚ Isaac Rosenberg shows the theme that endless conflict leads emotionally numb soldiers to snap‚ through the literary devices‚ tone and personification. Tone is used by Rosenberg to furthermore reveal the theme in this poem. The two that he uses are musing and contemplative tones. The author uses the air of musing in this poem throughout the beginning few lines of the poem. When a soldier is immersed into war they are exposed to the death
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Such as‚ * Alliteration – When you repeat the first letter or group of sounds in a specific part of the sentence so basically‚ so basically tongue twisters. * Onomatopoeia – Using a word that has the same action as the word * Personification – Giving an inanimate object the traits of a human. * Hyperbole – A statement that is true but an exaggeration. * Idioms – Words that are not understood when joined together. Edgar A. Poe has supplied a varietal selection of figurative
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"Balloons" by Sylvia Plath‚ she uses life-like features to describe the balloons as souls in a quiet home. To make a better understanding of the theme‚ important elements are used‚ such as imagery‚ personification‚ and metaphor. Imagery is used throughout the poem to display the setting. Personification compares the balloons to human life and gives them human characteristics. Metaphors create comparisons of the balloon to symbols throughout the poem. All figurative language examples justify the theme
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"I like a look of Agony‚" by Emily Dickinson‚ one of the ways the poem’s affects on the reader is improved is though the use of literary devices. People normally have trepidation of agony‚ but Dickinson uses literary devices such as imagery‚ personification‚ and connotation to reveal her contrasting enjoyment to the social norm. The opening line "I like a look of Agony‚" (line 1) could be interpreted as sadistic and cold. Completely reading the poem allows the reader to understand what the first
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"I like a look of Agony‚" by Emily Dickinson‚ uses literary devices to affect the reader. People normally have a fear of agony‚ but Dickinson uses literary devices such as imagery and personification to reveal her contrasting enjoyment of this usually disagreeable emotion. The opening line "I like a look of Agony‚" could be interpreted as brutal and cold. However‚ completely reading the poem allows the reader to understand what the first line actually means. Dickinson does not like a look of agony
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Poetry offers a new way to look at familiar situations. Judith Beveridge does this in three of poems. “The Domesticity of giraffes”‚ “Fox in a tree stump” and “The Two Brothers”. Through the use of repetition and personification she incorporates her feelings about cruelty towards animals and humans. She uses these techniques in all three of her poems. Poetry shows the reader a new way to look at familiar situations and in her poem “The Domesticity of Giraffes” she uses repetition to show the cruelty
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