Personification- adding humanlike qualities to a nonhuman object. “The earth hath swallow’d all my hopes but she…” –Capulet (Act I‚ Scene 2‚ 14) The earth “swallowing” Capulet’s hopes is an example of personification because it adds humanlike characteristics to the earth. In this scene‚ Capulet tells Paris of how all of his children died except Juliet. She is his only hope that is still alive. This example of personification makes the audience imagine the earth
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for her heritage‚ culture and admiration for indigenous Australians through this poem. Poetic devices in a literary text have been used to represent the Indigenous people’s experience and their culture. This poem consists of rhyme‚ imagery and personification which will be discusses further within this analysis. First of all‚ Bell has used many poetic devices in the poem‚ predominantly rhyme throughout the stanzas and versus to emphasize the theme and to create a motion and a flow throughout the
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Sonnet 138 Analysis In “When my love swears that she is made of truth‚” William Shakespeare uses personification‚ pun‚ and tone to unmask the fear that the speaker feels towards his age. The author personifies the speaker’s mentality as a woman to identify his uneasiness towards old age. The speaker’s mentality is referred to as woman because women are always self conscious of their age: “And wherefore say not I that I am old?” (line 10). The speaker can’t admit that he is old. That is why his
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In the essay titled “The First Kiss‚” author John Updike portrays baseball as a love-hate relationship with its fans. Updike effetely conveys his message by appealing to pathos using metaphors‚ personification‚ and rhetorical questions. He begins with a metaphor stating‚ “The many-headed monster called the Fenway Faithful yesterday resumed its romance with 25 youngish men in red socks who last year broke its monstrous big heart.” He describes the fans of baseball as a many-headed monster implying
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theory in which he believed that development of the personality occurred within the context of the social group. Sullivan also identified different personifications or images that individuals develop. These may be accurate or distorted by needs and anxiety. They include the Bad Mother/Good Mother‚ the Me Personification‚ and the Eidetic Personification Disadvantages of Credit Unions Limited Branch Locations and ATMs. Many credit unions only operate in one location
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by comparing it to something else. Figurative language goes beyond the literal meaning of words to describe or explain a subject. There are many types of figurative language‚ including similes‚ metaphors‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ imagery‚ personification‚ and hyperbole. Authors use figurative language to help the reader see beyond the written words on the page and to visualize what is going on in the story or poem. You are using figurative language when writing goes beyond the actual meanings
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FRQ #2 : The Street In this excerpt from Ann Petry’s novel‚ “The Street”‚‚ Petry utilizes asyndeton‚ personification‚ imagery and selection of detail to establish Lutie Johnson’s relationship to the urban setting and their enemy and antagonist‚ “the cold November wind”. In this opening excerpt‚ the readers will discover on how aggravating and uncooperative the urban life would be during spring‚ in addition‚ decipher on how effective the wind are to Lutie Johnson and its people. Throughout this
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The author uses many literary elements in the short story. Some are personification‚ imagery‚ and similes. Personification is stated in the line that follows: "she was young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines bespoke repression‚" This element shows how strongly she is in repression. It makes the reader actually feel how depressing her life with her husband was. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. "The delicious breath
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"If I Could Tell You" Analysis In "If I Could Tell You" W.H. Auden uses personification‚ repetition and imagery in order to prove the point; you must live your life like you do not have time left. Auden gives a vast setting over all. There are two main characters; Auden and time. The dialogue is in first person and he is speaking to some one he cares about. Auden uses personification to give life to time. This shows how time is the keeper of our destiny. He personifies time because he does not
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LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES Metaphor Genuine metaphors Trite(dead) metaphors Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated: ‘The White House said…’ (the American government) ; the press (newspapers and magazines); the cradle(infancy‚ place of origin);the grave(death); The hall applauded; The marble spoke; The kettle is boiling; I am fond of Agatha Christie; We didn’t speak because there were ears all around us; He was about a sentence away from
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