leaving his home town he will find happiness. He also feels that his life lacks purpose and going away will show him that his life has worth and purpose. Gary Soto uses personification‚ metaphors‚ and rich imagery to convey a deep sense of restlessness in a young man’s soul. In lines five and seventeen the narrator uses personification by saying “the hallways stank of poor grades and unwashed hair.” This means most of the kids in that school were
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grave for young men and a chance for a life filled with God. The author uses personification to depict the sea as it really was‚ an evil being that drew men into its icy waves of doom. The Anglo-Saxons were faced with the decision everyday to toy with death at the clutches of this beast. In lines 2-3 the author describes how “The see took me‚ swept me back and forth in sorrow and fear and pain.” The personification the speaker gives to the sea is that of an old‚ drunk father who grabs his own sons
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In the excerpt The First Betrayal‚ Patricia Bray uses figurative language in different tenses because it builds a connection which is an objective for Patricia Bray so that her story has a better setting. Patricia Bray uses diction‚ personification‚ etc‚ so that her mood of suspense can lead to a better climax later in the story Patricia Bray’s style of writing leads to suspenseful events which can lead to a state of anxiety for example‚ “He wondered if the ocean would eventually release its prize
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Milkweed Editions.) Currently‚ he lives with his wife‚ Laure-Anne Bosselaar‚ in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. PERSONIFICATION Within this poem‚ there is plethora of personification to convey a certain statement about constellations. Brown utilizes the stars and compares them with human traits and abilities to represent these inanimate objects as people. More specifically‚ the poem uses personification to illustrate the characteristics of several figures in Greek mythology. A few examples are:
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inspection‚ the fish is made out to be a survivor of many battles. Through the use of figurative language‚ the poet shows the speaker’s shift from noting only the fish’s dejection to admiring him for his past glories. Bishop begins with the personification of the fish into a figure of defeat and age. The speaker mentions that the fish had not fought at all‚ as though he had given up all hope. She compares the fish’s skin to old wallpaper which would not be securely attached to the wall as skin loses
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gold‚ 2. Her hardest hue to hold. 3. Her early leaf’s a flower; 4. But only so an hour. 5. Then leaf subsides to leaf. 6. So Eden sank to grief‚ 7. So dawn goes down to day. 8. Nothing gold can stay. Personification Imagery Consonance Repetition Paradox Symbolism Metaphor Biblical Allusion Format: * 8 lines no stanzas History: * Written in 1923 * Featured in the 1967 novel‚ The Outsiders as well as the 1983 film adaption Tone and Theme:
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‘Why is Our Century’ by Anna Akhmatova is a poem written in the early 20th century while the Soviet Union was active. The poem portrays the grief and melancholy of Anna Akhmatova by using many deep poetic techniques such as personification and symbolism. Akhmatova embeds a dark and gruesome theme into the poem‚ portraying what she‚ and many other Russians felt in the early 20th century. She makes a cry for awareness in the poem by the use of a rhetorical question which affects the entire poem intensely
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Throughout the novel “The Grapes of Wrath” Steinbeck uses a variety of rhetorical strategies such as symbolism‚ diction and personification to intrigue the reader. He also use’s a number of rhetorical modes such as ethos‚ pathos and logos. For example in chapter 12 he uses diction to convey his purpose and in chapter 11 he uses descriptive language and personification to establish a sense of loss‚ while in chapter 9 he appeals to pathos. In chapter 12 I think that Steinbeck uses diction
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to an illness. There are many references to the narrator’s grief throughout The Raven. The seventh stanza references the Bible‚ showing there is hope in a time of darkness. In the seventh stanza‚ Poe demonstrates allusion‚ alliteration‚ and personification. “...Raven of the saintly days of yore;...” is an allusion to a verse in the Bible. 1 Kings 17:1-6 stating that God told ravens to bring Elijah food every day if he went where God told him to go. Poe uses 1 Kings to show that the Raven is here
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“The Fish” In the poem “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop one of the main themes is power. This is shown through simile‚ personification‚ and repetition. The author purpose is to show the reader that power can be restricted and that power maybe the sturdiest at their main years‚ but over time power will dwindle with time. The theme of power is shown through the use of simile‚ “Here and there his brown skin hung in strips like ancient wallpaper‚ and its pattern of darker brown was like wallpaper”.
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