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    Fight Song Metaphors

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    inside my brain‚" she is comparing things she wants to say to wrecking balls. It is a Metaphor because she is showing how she disagrees with people and others who think she can’t make it. This song is also a personification because it contains the lyrics " This is my fight song‚" it is a personification because its giving human qualities of the song. When the song came out everyone who listed to the song felt better about their self’s. She also had written this song because when she was trying to write

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    Peter Skryznecki

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    has explored several different themes‚ and has used a number of techniques to help the responder understand these themes. The main themes in the poems are journey‚ sadness‚ and transitions. Techniques which the writer has included are oxymoron‚ personification‚ a mixture of 1st and 3rd person‚ simile‚ alliteration‚ hyperbole‚ onomatopoeia‚ surrealistic imagery and juxtaposition. These techniques help us to understand the key themes in the text and follow Skrzynecki on a journey through his life experiences

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    Chaos In Greek Mythology

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    The 3 intrepid brothers fought against Cronus and at last locked him at the underworld. Zeus is the personification of sky‚ Poseidon is the personification of ocean‚ Hades is the personification of hell‚ Hera is the personification of marriage‚ Demeter is the personification of agriculture‚ and Hestia is the personification of warmth. After Zeus married Hera‚ he also married other goddesses which he was fond of. Apollo‚ the god of medicine‚ Athena‚ the god of

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    literary devices the artist uses are personification‚ symbolism and hyperbole. Primarily‚ the artist uses personification to show the problem encountered in her life. Personification is the attributes of human traits‚ emotion and form applied to something nonhuman. It is used to give writing life‚ and relate ideas and objects to humans‚ which is more effective to convey the author’s message. Taylor Swift says “Passionate as sin ending so suddenly “ in line 2. Personification is used greatly to emphasize

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    Good Earth

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    both work hard on the land becoming very dependent on it and Buck personifies the land‚ which Wang Lung owns. Personification is useful in that it shows Wang Lung’s dependency on the land to find food‚ money‚ and family connections. With personification of the land‚ it helps enhance the novel for the reader to better understand how much the land meant to Wang Lung. First‚ personification is useful in that it shows Wang Lung’s dependency on the land to find food. Wang Lung has many good harvests

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    Nothing Gold Can Stay

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    “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost focuses on the idea that nothing lasts forever. The poet uses a central metaphor and personification to express his idea. The poet uses figurative language such as controlling metaphors‚ personification‚and allusions and is specific in his choice of words. “Nature’s first green is gold” (Line 1) is the first line the is the main example of the controlling metaphor. The color green is compared to gold‚ which is precious. What he means by this is that things

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    right way can have a amazing effect on the quality of a novel. This is proven true in Harper Lee?s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses descriptions that appeal to the reader?s sight‚ which helps them to visualize the setting. She uses personification to relate non-human objects in the setting to the reader. Lee uses adjectives that suggest different feelings‚ which help the reader to better understand the setting. Harper Lee uses descriptive language to enhance the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird

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    The Chambered Nautilus

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    2013 Period 3 PERSONIFICATION ESSAY: THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS In the poem‚ “The Chambered Nautilus”‚ written by Oliver Wendell Holmes‚ he tells the fate of a nautilus to show us that we should live our lives like everyday like its our last and that we should move forward from the past. To prove his moral‚ he tells the fate of a nautilus by giving it human qualities and using personification to show how it lives its life and not dwell on its past. Homles uses personification in this poem to compare

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    Mirror by Sylvia Plath

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    "Mirror"‚ Sylvia Plath employs many different poetic devices to develop her message that people need the truth although it may be hurtful. Plath uses a mirror and then a lake as a metaphor for the truth. She also makes the mirror come alive with personification‚ simile and metonymy. These other devices are important to the poem and the scene it creates‚ but the mirror being a metaphor for truth is the most important. The poem is basically about a woman looking into a mirror. As she ages and grows

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    Africville

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    “Africville” by Maxine Tynes 1: Examples of personification include “We are Africville” and “I am Africville”. This is personification because they cannot really be “Africville”; this is because Africville is not a person‚ or an adjective usually appropriate to be paired with humans. However in this case the author does it quite well. For example comparing “I am tired” to “I am Africville” one can quickly tell that this is a personification on Africville‚ in the sense of making Africville an adjective

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