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    Honors 24 August 2016 Odes To Common Things: Literary Analysis “Ode to things” In the ode “Ode to things”‚ I found 2 poetic devices: simile and alliteration. A simile is a comparison between 2 different objects using “like” or “as”. Alliteration uses multiple words‚ usually in a series‚ that have the same first consonant sound. A simile I found within the text was‚ “...that one because it’s as soft as the softness of a woman’s hip…”(15-17). Having this device helps the reader see the connection between

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    Jack Ma once said‚ “Never give up. Today is hard‚ tomorrow will be worse‚ but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” Life is guaranteed to have some degree of difficult. Everyone comes across obstacles in their life that make them want to just give up and stop moving forward. The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes shows a mother describing how life‚ “ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (line 2). As the poem continues the mother describes how her life has been difficult as she says‚ “It’s had tacks

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    Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ believed that the human mind was the most important force in the universe. In his essay‚ “Self-Reliance”‚ hr suggests that following the laws and not standing up for what we believe in‚ takes away from our individuality and makes us feel as though we cannot fully express ourselves because we are afraid of judgment from society. Emerson states‚ “The power which resides in him is new in nature‚ and none but he can do‚ nor does he know until he has tried” (369). In other words

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    the image of the product has more priority than the performance of the product. An article in‚ “The Onion‚” the author satirizes how products are marketed to consumers through means of a variety of literary strategies such as words and phrases‚ dialogue‚ and scientific vocabulary. First‚ the literary strategy of using words and phrases throughout the article to mock the long tradition of how marketing companies advertise their products. The product in this article is shoe inserts. For instance

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    based on a person’s emotions. In this perspective‚ it’s Khalid’s emotion and how it affected him. He relates his emotions as a Coaster‚ always going all over the place and wanting it to stop. In the song “Coasters” by Khalid‚ he utilizes the literary devices of Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and diction to prove that having to get over someone is difficult situation that some people deal with‚ but it’s for the better for themselves. Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. In the song Coaster

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    specifically mentioned as they link to death due to the fact that coffins are made from this type of wood. Nick Dear’s adaptation of Frankenstein can link to Ulalume by Poe due to the similar technique of contrasting Frankenstein’s feelings through a literary platform of

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    Macbeth’s speech is overwhelmingly pessimistic and is spoken in a dark way. Lady Macbeth says‚ “Yet do I fear thy nature. / It is too full of the milk of human kindness . ‚”(1.5.15-18). This quote represents a contrasts to what Macbeth is saying in his soliloquy because Lady Macbeth feels that Macbeth is too kind by nature to do what needs to be done in order to become king. This next quote is also a contrast of Macbeth’s speech

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    The title alludes to a style of musical declamation that hovers between song and ordinary speech; it is used for dialogic and narrative interludes during operas and oratories. The term "recitatif" also once included the now-obsolete meaning‚ "the tone or rhythm peculiar to any language." Both of these definitions suggest the story’s episodic nature‚ how each of the story’s five sections happens in a register that is different from the respective ordinary lives of its two central characters‚ Roberta

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    their feelings within a relationship‚ whether it be with each other or a romantic relationship. In order for them to transgress their sentiment‚ they may in some cases use tough love. On the other hand‚ they themselves will be subjected to much worse devices‚ such as violence. Like most people‚ they yearn for tenderness in the simplest of means but more often than not can not find it. The fragility of their bonds often mixes with the mysterious underlying curse lurking their family‚ internally and externally-fukú

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