Helen Lawson uses a number of sound and picture devices in the poem "In Training". How do they help us to enhance her description of the swimmer and the river?We have all seen a swimmer racing at all sports competition before‚ "In Training"‚ by Helen Lawson brings back the thoughts in our memory but moves the background setting to a calm‚ smooth river in the morning. The poem uses a series of sound and picture devices to help us imagine the swimmer powering through the water. Lawson explains the
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entertaining his readers. The main strategy in Bilgere’s poem is personification of the “important novel.” He personifies the book to reveal that she has feelings‚ and is worth spending time with. For example‚ when Bilgere writes‚ “All the characters can relax. I’m giving them the day off. For once they can forget about their problems…” he is giving life to the book’s characters‚ and emphasizing how real they are to him. This personification hints that the speaker has procrastinated reading
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tolling of a bell to announce a soul is passing‚ or has passed‚ from its body. It is also a tolling during the passing of a funeral procession to the grave‚ or during the actual funeral ceremony. Line 2: "anger of the guns" is an example of personification; attributing human qualities to a nonhuman object or force. Lines 1-2: These men don’t get to have a conventional death; they die in a big field surrounded by other rotting corpses. They don’t get to hear the bells calling them to heaven‚ because
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an example of a metaphor because it is taking the tree‚ which is usually a symbol of life‚ and is comparing it to a symbol of death‚ since there is blood all over the tree. Also‚ personification takes place many times in the poem‚ “For the rain to gather‚ for the wind to suck” (Meeropol)‚ is an example of personification. Rain and wind are being given a person’s quality‚ which is to gather and to suck‚ which is a person’s quality. Juxtaposition also takes place in the poem‚ as shown by the quote
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language in the passage on pages 158-159 to foreshadow events to come as well as add life to the story. Metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification are used together collaboratively to create a specific mood and image to represent the theme of this passage with still leaving room for the true meaning which is to be revealed later on in the story. Hurston’s use of personification and metaphors together create a mysterious gloomy mood. In the line "drifting mists gathered in the west...to arm them selves
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In The poems "The Burning Truck" and "Widower in the Country" Murray uses imagery‚ metaphors and personification to enhance the impact of the poems on the reader. "The Burning Truck". The Poem is about war and shows how it can bring out the most primitive emotions out of people. The Poem also shows that during war time regular laws do not exist but a different set of wartime rules and the war will continue. The Title of the Poem‚ The burning truck gives the reader a strong image of a truck which
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A successfully influential poem ‘Drought’‚ written by William Ogilvie demonstrates the theme of the harsh Australian climate and its effect on farmers. This message of Australian farmers and their struggle during times of drought is conveyed through the authors’ use of poetic devices to influence the audience. The dominant mood created by the poet is empathy and compassion towards Australian farmers who remain persistent even through the tropical weather conditions. This is achieved through Ogilvie’s
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sheds light upon the inner thoughts of transcendentalism and poetry. Ironically‚ based on the author’s use of diction‚ form symbolization and consistent personification‚ death is not the beginning of the end‚ but merely a
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what horrific events the soldiers are going through. All Quiet on the Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” exploit literary devices to affirm the horrors of war. Erich Maria Remarque and Wilfred Owen emphasize poetic language with the use of personification‚ simile‚ and imagery. An idea or animal that is nonhuman‚ is bequeathed with human virtues. In Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front he emphasizes poetic language by giving the idea human virtues. Remarque refers to nature as
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poems to explore her own mental suffering‚ her troubled marriage to poet Ted Hughes‚ her unresolved conflicts with her parents‚ and the vision she has of herself. Plath utilises personification‚ and complex imagery to express her major themes concerning the unfair oppression of women‚ nature’s
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