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    Throughout the poem Neruda uses repetition to emphasize the meaning of the surrounding words or phrases. In the beginning‚ the poem almost repeats the poem’s title indistinguishably‚ the only difference between the first line and the title is the replacement of the word “A” to the word “My”. This is not an exaggerated change‚ however allows the reader to see Neruda’s relationship to the dog which has died. My showing that it is his dog which has died‚ the reader is able to analyze the poem as not

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    and his scheming wife Lady Macbeth‚ using extracts from Act 1‚ Scene 7. I will also examine how the language used emphasises the key themes and ideas within the play. The characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are revealed and developed through their dialogues with use of soliloquies and asides‚ helping to reveal their personalities‚ states of mind‚ emotions and motivation. Much figurative language and imagery is used by Shakespeare to emphasise the themes within the play‚ creating atmosphere and

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    The Canterbury Tales‚ written by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ are a mixture of stories told from different characters. Chaucer used many forms of figurative language throughout these stories‚ including a multitude of different forms of irony. Each character comes with different personalities‚ appearances‚ traits‚ and actions. A lot of irony is shown through the actions of the characters and how the behave. The characters range from nobles to peasants‚ but are far from what one would expect in the roles the

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    In each of his poems‚ Robert Frost uses multiple stylistic devices and figurative language to convey certain theme‚ mostly having to do with nature‚ that ultimately show his modernist style and modernist views on life. In the poem “Mowing‚” the speaker of the poem is mowing his field trying to make grass. While doing this‚ he ponders the sound that his scythe is trying to “whisper” (Frost 26). The poem is organized into two sections: an octet and a sextet. In the octet‚ Frost mainly focuses on

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    Marder----------------- Language corresponds to countless appellations‚ as the expresser of thought and ultimate origin of philosophy‚ influencing the world of knowledge with its astonishing qualities. The very essence of cooperation and communication relies eternally on the inspired art of language‚ without which any possible human development could occur. Furthermore‚ the perception of verbal communication splits between two realms‚ reality and literature‚ constituting two linguistic variations‚ figurative and literal

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    connect with the reader. In the Story Night Calls by Lisa Fugard‚ at first her story was about two Japanese birds but in the end she replaced the bird with a human character. Lisa Fugard creates a somber mood in “Night Calls” through imagery‚ figurative language‚ and the creation of mood. With the somber mood it made the story very interesting to read. Fugard used imagery a lot in the story to help the readers understand what was going on‚ so they could picture it in their head. Imagery in this story

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    Robert Frost utilizes exceptional imagery and figurative to highlight the physical wall between the neighbor and him‚ satirizing the critical emotional estrangement and boundary between neighbors. While Frost deems the neighbors’ outdated insistance of keeping the wall unreasonable‚ the speaker’s attitude was somehow ambiguous for there exists a border in his mind. The small conflicts and emotional changes are realistically amplied by the figurative language and imagery. To begin with‚ the great imgery

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    carried out- neither a projection or contest of emotion will elicit. As does the author of this Spenserian sonnet‚ his stridency to appease succumbs to the crass nature of a woman. To which this sonnet derives such implicit diction‚ emotion‚ figurative language‚ and structure‚ we will investigate. The first of three quatrains employs the matter of the protagonist’s situation‚ laying out an analogy to characterize his actions as admirable. A dire situation‚ his audience‚ a woman‚ watches the performance

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    The use of this figurative language was used to highlight how obviously overwhelming the mice’s commotion was. It was effectively used because the descriptive word “swell” gives the feeling of being engulfed. Lastly in paragraph five the author finishes of with the phrase “.

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    with Sue. He questions his reasons for being with her and then comes to his conclusion through rationalization in sentences three and five. Hardy’s word choice shows Jude as an intellectual and a man questioning his relationship with Sue. The figurative language and imagery of the excerpt show what Jude thinks of the leader-writer Sue once knew. Hardy’s use of syntax‚ diction‚ and imagery depict Jude’s thought process after speaking to Sue and what he should do to fix their relationship. Hardy starts

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