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    power. Guy Montag slowly starts gaining this intelligence throughout the book‚ and strives to find other people with the same knowledge. Ray Bradbury discusses this theme through many different forms of figurative language including symbolism‚ personification‚ imagery‚ and similes. Clarisse McClellan is one symbolic form on how knowledge can be beautiful and unforgettable. The imagery used to describe her is white‚ pure‚ and full of light in comparison to a world that is darkly lit. Similes are also

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    “The Tyger” by William Blake The poem “The Tyger” by William Blake is from the song of Experience. This poem sends an evil tone through dark images‚ fearful words‚ symbols‚ and personification. The poem’s focus is the speaker questioning a terrifying tiger what kind of superior being could have made it. One literary device that William Blake uses is dark imagery. In one line of the poem‚ he says‚ “what dread grasp‚ dare its deadly terrors clasp” (15-16). He brings terrifying images to the

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    Visual Imagery is important in poetry to help the poet express the theme of the poem. There are three types of imagery Bishop uses to express her theme. First‚ she uses Metaphor. Second she uses Simile‚ Third‚ and she uses Personification. The Fish poem is very full of different types of imagery and very vivid in it narrations. This poem depends on its imagery more than any other single element. The speaker alternately convinces us of the fish’s ugliness and its beauty‚ and in order to achieve this

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    immediately states that he has come to talk with darkness‚ the first of many examples of personification. Perhaps this desire to speak to darkness is an expression of the loneliness that the persona is feeling‚ the sense of desperation. As the stanza continues‚ the persona acknowledges that a vision has come to him in his sleep and planted seeds in his brain. These lines contain many figures of speech‚ including personification‚ alliteration ("seeds while I was sleeping")‚ assonance ("seeds‚" "sleeping")‚

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    lives and emotions. Wordsworth believed that all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of emotion. In this poem‚ he uses an array of different figurative language to show nature’s positive effect. He uses figurative language such as simile‚ personification‚ and hyperbole. Not only does he use figurative language‚ but he uses selective examples of rhythm. In a rhythmic sense‚ he uses repetition and alliteration. In the poem‚ Wordsworth is very descriptive in his words to put a clear image in the

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    Point out one instance of personification. There are many instances of personification I this poem. Personification is giving an animal place or thing human features and abilities. In the first line of the poem the speaker says “He clasps the crag with crooked hands.” Here he is giving the Eagle human features by referring to its claws as hands. The speaker also described the lands as lonely and says the sea crawls. In both instances the poet employs personification in his writing. 4. Point out

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    What techniques do the composers employ to represent their ideas about the journey and its impact both mental and physical? Refer to two Skrzynecki poems and two related texts. A physical journey which involves the movement from one place to another can have lasting effects on an individual or group which can be mental‚ emotional‚ physical‚ or a combination. The effects and overall impact of a journey will depend on the characteristics of the particular journey undertaken. The composers of different

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    the human life cycle and how we must all accept death. The mood on her poem was calm and it was based off of accepting death it was inspiring humans to look on their life and accomplishments and accept death. She uses literary devices such as personification to describe death. Within her poetic structure she uses regular

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    Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Please complete the following chart. You must have at least 8 examples from the text. Purpose: Quote Device Analysis “In the early ages of the world‚ according to the scripture chronology there were no kings; the consequences of which was‚ there were no wars; it is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion…” “In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts‚ plain arguments‚ and common sense: and have no other preliminaries to settle

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    was one of his well-known play which explores the theme of ‘love’ in Act 2 Scene2‚ which was composed between 1594-1595. This play mainly focuses on love‚ by utilising exceptional poetic approach which comprise of similes‚ sibilance‚ metaphors‚ personification and oxymoron’s. Shakespeare exploits numerous poetic techniques in the play Romeo and Juliet‚ but one of the techniques used was similes. In line 166 and 167 Romeo states ‘How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongue by night‚ like softest music to

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