the “ice-age had begun its heave”. The “heave” indicates the massive force of nature going through the land‚ making it sound powerful and like an unstoppable force against even civilization (that is trying to control nature). Furthermore‚ the personification of the “shrubbery” and “ice” creates the effect of relating the “doomed” shrubbery to humans and the “ice” as an army. The “shrubbery” is doomed against the sheer power of nature‚ just as the lawn was “over trodden and strewn” by it. By stating
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English ETE tables and notes for assessment task 1 Main Ideas: - Futility of war - Propaganda vs. reality - Brutality of war Supporting ideas: - Hideous nature of death - Loss of innocence and life - Pre mature deaths Anthem for doomed youth Subject matter: meaningless slaughter of troops doing dirty work for the government and how they do not receive proper funeral rights Example Technique Effect Idea‚ issue‚ theme‚ notion ‘’ Anthem for doomed
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end of the story the moth finally concedes and accepts his demise‚ however‚ not until he has righted himself in to an upright position. She uses the moth as a symbol to represent man and his struggle with death. Woolf uses seasonal imagery and personification to convey the theme that even though death is inevitable and pathetic to fight against‚ that fighting is noble and allows
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prospects of nature‚ both using similes and personification to relay this to the reader. In “How Do I Love Thee”‚
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST POETIC DEVICE The three most common poetic devices that are presented in this poem are repetition‚ personification‚ and alliteration. Repetition In this poem‚ Kipling uses repetition with the word “you” throughout the entire poem to emphasize how important “you” is. Personification There are three examples of personification here: 1. The first is in Stanza 2‚ when he states‚ “…make dreams your master…” (line 9) The first stanza talks of our self-confidence‚
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“We’d crawl in shame in the emptiness we’d made in our own father’s backyard‚” pens Mary Oliver regarding the shame that she would feel for cutting the black walnut tree a symbol of her family. In a similar manner‚ Sarah Mary Taylor writes about a quilt that the speaker obtains in her youth and how she hopes that it will remain a symbol for her family and life. In order to effectively convey the symbolism of their families‚ both authors employ figurative language and imagery that supports their symbolic
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first-out” basis to ensure freshness. All restaurants provide warm and inviting environment and a variety of comfortable seating arrangements to accommodate anyone – from a single individual to a large family. Uncle Sam is a common national personification of the American government that‚ according to legend‚ came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson. The first use of Uncle Sam in literature was in the 1816 allegorical book "The Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search
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Imagery appears often‚ forcing the reader to remember as he/she reads. For example‚ mention of “the sun’s birth at dawn” makes the reader remember the beauty of the sun rising (5). Personification appears several times throughout the poem. While saying to remember the moon‚ the speaker also says to “know who she is‚” giving the moon a gender (3). Later‚ Joy Harjo tells of plant and animal life and “their tribes‚ their families‚ and their
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life. Through Collin’s writing‚ the boy is shown as being also scared about growing up and facing life’s challenges. Both poets use a variety of language features such as similes‚ metaphors‚ personification and alliteration to capture the audience’s attention and describe the characters feelings.
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"Ode to Autumn" does convey a "oneness with nature" through sensuous images and techniques. Alliteration‚ personification‚ imagery‚ similes‚ rhetorical questions‚ enjambment and positive connotations contained in this poem are all techniques that add to this idea. The alliteration in the line "mists and mellow" adds to the calming imagery represented in this poem. It creates a soft and somewhat tranquil tone. Another example of alliteration is "winnowing wind". This example also creates a melodious
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