“Chicago” Analysis “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg is a poem written to describe the everyday lives of Chicagoans. Sandburg uses poetic devices such as similes‚ personification‚ and imagery to emphasize parts of the poem‚ which helps him show his love and pride for the city of Chicago. Imagery played a very important part in the poem because it gave the reader an image in there head of the city and the environment with the people who lived there. The main purpose of this poem is to defend the
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utilizes a third-person omniscient narrator to relay to the reader the bitterness of the cold‚ along with the adamant determination of Lutie Johnson. Through the use of chillingly descriptive imagery‚ and figurative language including resplendent personification‚ the narrator successfully conveys the perilous nature of the cold to enhance Lutie Johnson’s temporal and sensory experiences. Imagery is certainly the most central literary device in this excerpt‚ as it gives the reader an accurate sense
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Unlike Shakespeare whose sonnets were usually written in a strict poetic form that was exceptionally popular during his lifetime and whose concepts are too layered to explain through linear communication‚ Jose Garcia Villa as a writer‚ however‚ presented his composition‚ “Sonnet I‚” in a direct manner (tone) wherein it effectively expressed its principal point on the primary line and let the readers clearly understand that a poem must be magical if they are planning to do one. Comprising of 14 lines
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he wrote 154 of them. In sonnet 18‚ Shakespeare used numerous literary elements in order to prove his thesis. This sonnet is a comparison to nature and a woman who will never lose her beauty. In sonnet 18‚ different literary elements such as personification‚ metaphors‚ and an anaphora are used in order to prove that nature is never constant‚ but her beauty is constant and will last forever. In this first quatrain Shakespeare attempts to compare her to a summer’s day but comes to the conclusion
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like branches after a storm” it means that the child left his toys in the yard without taking them with him or her‚ but before‚ he or she use to play with them all the time in the sandbox. 2. They both have personification in the poems. -NGCS- lines 2-3 This shows personification because it says “Her hardest hue to hold” it means that “her” is actually a person‚ but it is just referring to nature.
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his parents. In the second part of the first paragraph‚ the composer uses adjective to describe the image on the post card. “Red buses” and “Sky’s the brightest shades” radiates a busy ‘happy’ town. However‚ in the beginning‚ the composer uses personification‚ “A post card sent by a friend – haunts me”. The postcard‚ cannot haunt as it is an inanimate object. The use of the word ‘haunts’ contradicts with the words that are used to describe the postcard later on. The first stanza of the second part
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The Red Room is a ’spine chiller’ written by H.G Wells. The story is set at Lorraine Castle where a specific room is preoccupied by ghastly spirits. This story The Red Room is about a man (narrator) who seeks spirits inside Lorraine Castle‚ with his only protection as his revolver. The spirit welcomes the man in an uncomfortable manner‚ moving furniture‚ candles going out without smoke and other procedures which the spirit posses. His excuse for the cause of this terror is that ghosts are not inquisitive
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Thomas Brelsford 11.5 ‘Discuss Owen’s use of visual and aural imagery in three of his poems’ Wilfred Owen was a famous anti-war poet from World War I. He wrote poems about his first-hand experiences during the war. Wilfred Owen uses personification‚ metaphors and similes‚ onomatopoeia‚ alliteration and assonance to increase the effectiveness of the messages he is trying to convey and to create a variety of visual and aural imagery. The use of these literary devices intensifies the dramatic
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Assignment 01: Poetry (Seasons Come to Pass) William Shakespeare My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun 1. The poem is written in iambic pentameter with an abab cdcd efef gg rhyming scheme. My mistress ’ eyes are nothing like the sun; a Coral is far more red than her lips ’ red; b If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun; a If hairs be wires‚ black wires grow on her head. b I have seen roses damasked‚ red and white‚ c But no such roses see I in her cheeks; d And in
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of the Rings is a story about the journey on which the main character Frodo goes to destroy the ring. In the Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien shows his readers how important loyalty and friendship are in reaching goals by using themes‚ symbols‚ and personification. To begin with‚ the themes used in the story show how people can come together and help each other. One big theme is the priority of friendship. For Sam‚ friendship means absolute devotion to another person Sam more than one time risks everything
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