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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Just from the poem’s name we can get the information‚ that the poem itself will talk about the Christmas. This poem contains many poetic devices‚ but I will talk about just three of them. They are personification‚ repetition and hyperbole. First I will talk about personification. First personification is on the line 8. This line says "Santa dance in your head". In reality Santa Clause can not dance in my head‚ it is just impossible. And we can see that the person in the poem wants to get the presents
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particular focusing upon individual rights. By developing the use of personification‚ the poets suggest that individuals lose their objectivity when confronted with prolonged solitude. However‚ the dramatically different tones and resolutions of the works imply that solitude and individual rights are not inherently good or evil‚ but rather reflect the moral character of the individual. Tennyson’s use of personification in the first stanza establishes both the melancholic tone of the
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The use of Personification and Metaphor in ‘Mirror’ In the Poem ‘Mirror’ by Sylvia Plath‚ there is a continuing theme of change. In the beginning the changes are simple‚ like the acts of day turning to night‚ but at the end we see the life changes of a woman in particular. Through the use of metaphor and personification in the poem‚ Plath creates images of water‚ reflections‚ and colors as having human characteristics to emphasize the strong theme of change throughout the poem. From the beginning
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meaning that is directly connected to Poe’s life. Poe’s poems were often about a struggle he was having in his life‚ or about a woman dying. Poe wouldn’t have been able to write amazing poems without the use of literary devices such as symbolism‚ personification‚ and imagery. In Poe’s most famous poem‚ The Raven‚ the most obvious form of symbolism is the raven‚ symbolizing death. The raven is known as “The Devil’s Bird” because of it’s ugly and dark appearance‚ which helps it symbolize death. In the
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