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    death blend with ordinary life‚ maybe the illusion of walking through time “We passed the Field of Grazin Grain- We passed the Setting Sun” Setting is shown‚ setting sun signifies the end of their journey together “Or rather-He passed us” personification once again of non-living things; the further into the poem we go‚ the less it makes sense-getting further away from reality. The “or rather” indicates a shift in the poems mood- shift from reality to non-reality. “The dews drew quivering and

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    Kel Kelsey Rama English 4 Zappa 2013 Immortality Through Words The two sonnets “One Day I Wrote Her Name” written by Edmund Spencer and “Sonnet 63” written by William Shakespeare both instill a figurative idea of immortality throughout the course of time long after the writers have passed on. Shakespeare plants his beauty within the lines of the poem after his lover’s physical beauty deteriorates with time. Spencer‚ however‚ keeps the memory and love for a woman. Although both poems are

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    Poetry Analysis #2 Nelly Boukoua Because I could not stop for Death Vocabulary Definitions civility: politeness‚ courtesy gossamer: very fine and insubstantial tippet: (woman’s apparel) a fur cape or woollen shawl tulle: sheer‚ fine material used to make veils cornice: top course which crowns a wall surmised (to surmise): to suppose without any evidence These words add a certain calmness to the poem. It seem as if the speaker fancies Death because she uses delicate words such

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    make the decision about whether to push the doe off the cliff with the fawn inside or to save the unborn fawn’s life. Both poets‚ Kumin and Stafford‚ contrast the theme of inhumane acts carried out by a darker force‚ while also comparing the personification used in both poems. The types of personal characteristics that evolve in a person’s mind and body are innate in everyone. Those characteristics can reveal some of the most exotic and inhumane feelings toward a certain object. Kumin and Stafford

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    Ourselves: CIE Anthology of Poetry in English Because I Could Not Stop for Death In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death‚" the author is taken on a metaphorical "ride" past her entire life and to her end by a personified death. Symbolism‚ personification and alliteration are used to highlight the fact that she has come to accept fate as natural and is even happy with her new‚ "eternal‚" life. My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough "My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough"

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    writing. The poem is set on a farm and focuses on a young boy completing his chores‚ only to be distracted by his sister which leads to is death. Robert Frost’s Out‚ Out‚ illustrates the commonality of death through the uses of rural imagery‚ personification‚ and a somber tone and detached speaker which are simple recurrent devices in literature. By analyzing Frost’s use of common literary devices and form in his poem Out‚ Out‚ one recognizes the hardships associated with farm living‚

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    In the story The Veldt‚ Ray Bradbury uses imagery and personification to better illustrate the effects of neglecting children have. During the story‚ Bradbury uses imagery to better help the reader understand what lifestyle the children don’t want to leave. Even though houses like the “Happylife Home” don’t really exist yet‚ the imagery helps the reader picture what it would be like to live in a house like that. Others say that a craft more used during the story would be similes and metaphors. While

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    use of metaphors is commonplace in his sonnet which clearly outlines his purpose. The most prominent device used in this sonnet is Donne’s use of personification. Personification is crucial to his sonnet as it pulls the reader in and aids them in believing in his pursuit to prove that death is not powerful. Used when describing death‚ personification encapsulates the poem’s intended purpose. The poem uses this poetic device along with Donne’s influential views to convey that death is not strong;

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    personally favorite poems to date he has written. Time is personified in this poem‚ but also associated with the natural phenomenon of water‚ or vessels such as yachts seen on Slessor’s favorite location‚ Sydney Harbor (which is itself personified). Personification gives immediacy to an abstraction such as time‚ and elicits evaluative responses which are more arresting than an address to an abstraction could ever be. So Slessor finds that Time ‘enfolds me in its bed’‚ but – in the next line – it is ‘the

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    perspective of conflict in "Mametz Wood" and one other poem. In "Mametz Wood"‚ by Owen Sheers‚ and "Futility"‚ by Wilfred Owen‚ their perspectives are expressed through different techniques such as imagery‚ juxtaposition‚ rhetorical questions‚ personification and changes of tense. I think Owen Sheers perspective of "Mametz Wood" was influenced by Sheers visiting a site of a World War 1 battlefield which made him feel disturbed‚ which I believe to be his perspective of conflict. Wilfred Owen’s perspective

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