"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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Criticism" approach. Imagery: The imagery of the hymn is very rich and diverse. Longfellow uses a lot of personifications‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ and other literary figures to create the aesthetic atmosphere of the poem. Personification: The most widely used device of the poem is personification. The central image of the poem is the Night that is a personification of the beloved woman. Personification is used through the whole poem: the Night has clothes ("the trailing garments" and "sable skirts"). Moreover
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the text. Mostly these are adjectives with connotation of dark color. Analyse the “barred windows” and “crooked-eyed” images. What effect is produced by the personification? What meaning do the words ‘frown’ and ‘leer’ intensify? Those epithets are used for underline particularities of these details.It’s produced effect of personification like if the house has its own soul ans character. The words ‘frown’ and ‘leer’ intensify darkness of the narration. Speak of how the visual and audial picture
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In “The World is Too Much With Us‚” William Wordsworth utilizes literary devices such as tone‚ personification‚ and allusion to address how the growth of industry has influenced people to become disconnected with nature. Through the traditional structure of a Petrarchan sonnet‚ Wordsworth conveys a negative attitude towards these industrial changes and how the changes are too drastic even for religion to fix. The author uses the volta‚ the traditional shift of a Petrarchan sonnet between the octave
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Have you ever had to analyze a poem? Well it’s one of the hardest tasks to accomplish‚ and many students around the world are tasked to do it year after year. However‚ there are many great poems to analyze such as Alfred Lord Tennyson’s‚ the Eagle. Therefore‚ some factors to consider when analyzing a poem are poetic diction‚ rhyme and meter‚ poetic devices‚ and figurative language and symbolism. One factor to consider when analyzing a poem is the poetic diction. When it comes to the poetic diction
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Personification is when a non living thing is given a human action. An alliteration is a repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginning of a word. Personification is found in various lines. In line 1 of the poem‚ it stated: “When our two souls stand up erect and strong‚/”. The subject that is being personified is the soul which
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‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ and how is it conveyed? In the sonnet ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ Wilfred Owen conveys the message of the pointlessness of slaughter of generations of young men in the war. Owen conveys the message by the use of an irony‚ personification‚ religious imagery and the mockery of religion. The title‚ appearing to make the poem seem as an ‘anthem’ is deliberately ironic. As an anthem is normally a song of praise or a song played at a special event but as soon as the reader continues
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powerful personification techniques that not only create vivid images but trigger intense reactions. Her words trigger despair and hope‚ fear and courage‚ strength and weakness. Esperanza is connected to these trees on an emotional level because what she is imagining in these trees is what she sees in herself. The trees served as emotional guides teaching Esperanza to have confidence. Cisneros projects Esperanza’s emotions onto these four skinny trees though powerful personification techniques
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white‚ yellow‚ the author explains‚ are incorrect racial categories for it is not how nature works. Nature yearns for combination of all different colors‚ and brown is the final result. In the chapter "Hispanics‚" as seen through imagery‚ personification‚ and humor‚ Richard Rodriguez upsets the reader to show that racial categorization is unfit and that racial barriers are meant to be broken. Rodriguez begins the chapter by presenting the word "Hispanics." He defines it as "1. Spanish‚ adjective 5
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