Poetic Devices and Forms Line - equates a spatial measure or words or sounds‚ a fundamental conceptual unit. Stanza - a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length‚ metrical form‚ or rhyme scheme. Figurative language - Expressions or statements that are intentionally not literally true. Metaphor - A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving deeper meaning to the second. Forms of the "to be" verb are often used; "is" or "was". All the world’s a stage And men
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be a cheerful and merry Christmas song. It’s fast paced and has many rhymes. The rhyming makes the fast pacing make the song more cheerful and overall a better song. Literary devices used to create this song included personification‚ repetition‚ and rhyme. Rhyme played a big part in this song. Again‚ Carol of the bells is fast paced and rhyming made the song sound better than non rhyming words would. An example of a rhyme is “All seem to say‚ throw cares away‚” (3‚4) which emphasizes the happiness
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Final List Literary/non-literary language Images (five) Simile Metaphor Personification Apostrophe Repetition and Parallelism Hyperbole Exaggeration Antithesis Oxymoron Paradox Allusion Connotation Sound Devices: Internal rhyme End rhyme Eye rhyme Assonance Consonance Alliteration Onomatopoeia Setting Tone Mood Attitude Samples of Students’ writing in the Midterms a. And I saw the flash of a white throat‚ And a double row of white teeth
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Explication Essay “I Sit Beside the Fire and Think” Imagine that you are an older person who is close to dying. Thinking about your past and all the great memories you have had becomes a common past time. You might start to think about the future and the things that you will miss. In the poem “I sit beside the fire and think” by J.R.R Tolkien an older man is sitting by the fire and thinking of the great life he has had‚ along with the future and the things that he still want to accomplish before
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personification and the rhyme structure of ABCB. Personification is used to describe the scenery of the winter morning. With the personification he describes the boulders are they “wear moss” which shows the moisture in the air and land that has created the moss which also shows that it is cold. He has also described the homestead as “homesteads nestle against windbreak” which shows they stand strong against the strong winds. The rhyme structure in the poem is where every second line rhymes. An example of
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Analysis of the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe The nineteenth century poet Edgar Allen Poe makes use of several literary devices in order to create a gloomy atmosphere in his poem “The Raven”. Alliteration‚ rhyme‚ onomatopoeia‚ assonance‚ and repetition are used to contribute to the melodic nature of the work and provide an almost “visual” representation of his gothic setting. Poe is a master of using these writing techniques. “The Raven” is one of his most popular works. This is certainly due‚ in part
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Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-style of poetry does not cause one to immediately categorize it as children’s literature. While Johnson’s poems tend to deal with more mature subjects‚ they do have a kind of linguistic appeal for children. Johnson’s use of rhyme and accent are visible through examination of the poem “If I Woz a Tap-Natch Poet.” Johnson’s poetic devices allow the poetry to flow like natural conversation‚ which could appeal to younger readers. The poem opens with humility and powerful use
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consonants differ‚ producing half rhymes. Chiasmus: The inversion of an already established sequence. This can involve verbal echoes. (repetition of a word)‚ or it can be a matter of syntactic inversion Consonance: The repetition of final consonants in words or stressed syllables whose vowel sounds are different Homophone: A word that sounds identical to another word but has a different meaning Onomatopoeia: Verbal sounds that imitate and evoke the meanings they denote Rhyme: The repetition of identical
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writing this poem is about transience- how none of the pharaoh’s works lasted‚ and pride- how the pharaoh’s boastful words amounted to nothing. 15. This poem takes the form of a sonnet in iambic pentameter. 16. There is no rhyme scheme. The end of lines one and three rhyme‚
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[pic] Leaving Certificate English [pic] Derek Mahon After the Titanic Daytrip to Donegal Grand Father Antarctica Themes 1. Theme of identity. Mahon is uneasy with his identity and feels estranged from his background. He recollects‚ mocks‚ criticises and rejects the essence of his Northern Irish identity and cultural roots: the austerity‚ the coldness‚ the selfishness‚ the isolation and the abandonment. 2. Theme of place
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