early romantic poets as we can see the romantic features in his poems and also by the contemporary British poets as Edward Thomas‚ Rupert Brooke and Robert Graves. Many of his poems had to do with nature and transcendentalism. "Of all his poetic elements‚ Frost’s style seems the hardest to pin down. Actually one cannot pin it down‚ but something could be said to further our un-enlightenment"‚ says Lawrence Thompson. He then moves on to state what Frost said about style in a letter to his
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Backstabbing “friends”‚ in my opinion‚ shouldn’t even be considered friends. They are bad influences and they often take advanatage of you. Once your back is turned‚ they become a whole different person. “Friends” that are like this is greedy and will hurt you time and time again if they are forgiven. These kinds of friends should definitely not be forgiven! I remember being in sixth grade. I had the greatest and sweetest friend around. We shared many fun moments together but‚ after entering grade
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The guilt that Macbeth feels is real from the start. It can be evaluated throughout the play with how he acts and some things he says. When Macbeth had killed Duncan‚ the guilt is obvious as soon after committing the bad deed. Macbeth’s guilt is evident that when a servant had said “God bless us‚” Macbeth couldn’t “say “Amen”” (2.2.28). He isn’t able to bring himself to say it due to him knowing that he had just killed a man for his own selfish gain. Macbeth knows that what he did was a horrible
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There are two recurring themes in the novel Sophie’s Choice by William Styron‚ which is love and guilt and they lead to the death of the protagonist. In the novel‚ the love Sophie has for those who mean the most to her shapes her life and the guilt she possesses leads to her own demise. The narrator of the novel is a graduate of Duke University and an aspiring writer who gets close to his roommates Zofia (Sophie) Zawistowski and Nathan Landau. As Stingo grows closer to Sophie‚ he learns about her
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Sister Zainab AP English 14 October 2014 Rhetorical Devices: The Scarlet Letter 1. Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. “…with the hot‚ midday sun burning down upon her face‚ and lighting up its shame; with the scarlet token of infamy on her breast; with the sin-born infant in her arms; with a whole people‚ drawn forth as to a festival…” (Pgs. 54-55) This is an example of the device anaphora because Hawthorne begins four consecutive clauses
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Rhetorical Devices Style is part of classical rhetoric and a number of rhetorical devices are worth considering in any analysis of style. For the analysis of literature a knowledge of rhetorical devices is indispensable‚ since there is often a considerable density of rhetorical figures and tropes which are important generators and qualifiers of meaning and effect. This is particularly the case in poetry. Especially the analysis of the use of imagery is important for any kind of literary text. (For
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Every time some speaks‚ he or she shows up his or her feelings‚ revealing to the listener or reader a lot of things about himself or herself. His or her body language always appeared to look how that person is feeling‚ for example; the attitude the speaker take the audience‚ the reader‚ the language‚ the subject that speaker’s talks or as well about himself or herself. The attitudes are very important because it shows to the audience he or she is secure on what he or she is talking about. Expressing
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“What put me here?” In Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the idea that pushed the characters over the edge was guilt derived from their own actions. Ultimately‚ this clear theme of guilt stemming from negative actions that leads to a downfall is seen with both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth‚ two very dynamic and doomed characters. One of the most evident falls was Macbeth’s‚ caused by the guilt over his actions. The first of these actions was the murder of Duncan. Before the murder‚ he was a very loyal
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Rhetorical Terms/Devices Figurative language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting‚ even artful‚ rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe)‚ it was more interesting –
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real… Aristotle wrote about many things‚ one of the most prized literary works is his work on poetics. He talks about all the things that make a good play‚ good. How to capture the people’s attention‚ and keep them guessing. A few of the things Aristotle wrote about in his literary arraignment Poetics‚ are the importance of a protagonist‚ having a fall of the protagonist‚ and the antagonist. In Poetics by Aristotle it mentions the importance of having a protagonist‚ in the movie Ender’s Game it shows
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