to sleep. The author struggles to stay awake but succumbs to sleep.In the poem “Reading Myself to Sleep” by Billy Collins‚ figurative language is used to create a better understanding of the poem for the reader‚ including metaphor‚ simile‚ and personification.
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The poem is structured as a dialogue alongside a combination of personification and apostrophe. Used together‚ these literary devices give “life” and immediacy to the language of the poem as seen in Dickinson’s first poem. The reader is provoked to think of abstract concepts of ‘Death’ and ‘the Spirit’ as thinking‚ feeling‚ and speaking like human beings. The use of personification is found in the second and third lines: “’Dissolve” says Death – The Spirit “Sir / I have
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think that personification is one of the most important techniques used in the poem because Heaney refers to the storm as a number of things that it isn’t to enhance the anger of the storm. Heaney uses personification to describe the storm by saying that it “Spat like a tamed cat turned savage‚” in order to make it seem to the reader‚ that nature is a tame cat that is underestimated and when irritated can unexpectedly turn savage‚ spit and hiss. Ted Hughes also uses personification in his poem
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He sees the snowman standing all alone. Then hears the wind picking up and feels what the snowman may be feeling. The boy shows true compassion for the snowman. The use of personification is shown when Wilbur says “the pale faced figure with bitumen eyes Return him a God-forsaken stare” (Clugston‚ 2010). Personification is a figure of speech formed when qualities normally associated with a person are attributed to abstract things or inanimate objects (Clugston‚ 2010). The snowman is content
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hes lucky tonight he’ll fix his his mistakes and make them right. The singer uses rhyme to pull the song together. The next poetic device noticed in the song is personification. Personification is when an unhuman object is givin a human characteristic. An example from the song is "Oh Florida please be still tonight." That is personification because Florida can’t move in the first place. The last poetic device in the song is repitition. Repition occurs in the song when he sings "And I’ll sing a melody"
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An Unknown Girl In the poem ‘An Unknown Girl’‚ Moniza Alvi uses poetic techniques such as metaphors‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ repetition and similes in order to depict her struggles in rediscovering her cultural identity. Along with references to India and the scenery surrounding the narrator‚
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"Dolor" by Theodor Roethke‚ one is drawn in with the weight of the poem despite its seemingly simple subject matter. Everyday items such as pencils are given deep sadness that forces the reader to want more. Roethke portrays this sad tone through personification‚ repetition‚ metaphors‚ and immense detail. "Dolor" is depicted through a sorrowful and gloomy theme beginning with its title and increasing in intensity towards the end of the poem. The narrator begins the poem with a look into his time in an
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pathetic fallacy throughout the passage conveys the figurative meaning‚ which encompasses the theme of isolationism and defiance; this such theme is manifested through the character of the forester. The impact of war is conveyed through the personification of the house; “there
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credible speaker in this case‚ Abraham Lincoln. Another reason why this allusion is effective because King was saying his speech in front of Lincoln Memorial. King also uses personification effectively. Personification means‚ “Giving human qualities to nonhuman thing or ideas.” An example from the speech‚ where he uses personification effectively is when king says‚ “Our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: ‘For Whites Only’”(58-59). When he says “stripped
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“Under the dark mute trees” (1) the character “would often lie and dream for hours” (1). Personification helps support the gloomy mood that connects to the theme. He would “longingly picture [himself] amidst gay crowds” (1) this helps develop the theme. While alone‚ the character describes “the noiseless rats and bats and spiders” (1) that accompany
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