unsheathed [that] must strike me down‚” and sorrow to a crown of “bitter aloes wreathed.” The similes in the last stanza mean that although it is sometimes painful and/or unpleasant to share others’ grief‚ it is still something we must do. There is a metaphor in the third stanza that compares living our lives alone to pitching a tent in solitude‚ walled into our own little world. Several times‚ Cullen uses dichotomies to contrast things that symbolize the whites and blacks. They are compared to “fat
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everything remains the same‚ in spite of the passage of time. Truly‚ it is the consistency of the lake itself that gives him the greatest evidence that things have not changed. Then in the conclusion of “Once More to the Lake‚” he uses a glaring metaphor to articulate the total
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language helped you to understand one or more important idea in the text. “Still I rise” a poem by Maya Angelou is about a black woman’s point of view towards a white person in the 1900’s. Angelou used various language techniques‚ rhetorical questions‚ metaphor‚ and similes to show us her thoughts at the time when she was being ruled over. Self-esteem was the reason that the poet wrote this poem in the first place and it was self-esteem that she overcome the obstacles she faced in life. Firstly‚ Angelou
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have more meaning than simple words. In narrative writing‚ a few different figurative languages are used in narrative writing including simile‚ metaphor‚ refrain‚ hyperbole and personification. Simile uses the words like or as to compare things Suda’s cheeks are red like a rose. Akawit is slow as a snail. My life is like a box of chocolate. Metaphor uses words
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to fight for or fight against‚ as long as his father makes an appearance and lets everyone know who he is before he dies. Dylan Thomas uses an immense amount of metaphors to emphasize the issue that he makes to his father which is the gift of life should be passionate and adventurous up to its last seconds. Dylan Thomas uses many metaphors in order to make a representation of all the men that he would like for his father to challenge. The poet starts by reeling in the wise men who "Because their
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In Seamus Heaneys poetic piece‚ Blackberry Picking‚ the presence and mastery of malicious diction‚ vivid imagery‚ and metaphor is apparent as is a deeper meaning behind the authors poem. Heaneys writings not only convey a literal description of his actions‚ but also an emotional and metaphorical journey through his experience. The sensual word choice ever-present in Heaneys poem illuminated his love for blackberries whilst portraying a deeper meaning. The diction is generally creative and descriptive
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with a physical map. Atwood charts her journey using a running metaphor of "a dotted line on a map"‚ which establishes the comparison of a physical landscape with the metaphysical mindscape. In Stanza 1 we realise that inner travel can be dangerous‚ illustrated by imagery of the "cliff"‚ while the "net of air" image hints at the uncertainty of travel into the psyche. Furthermore‚ this journey is difficult and uncharted shown by the metaphor indicating a "lack of reliable charts". The listing of the debris
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reinforces the ancient sigh of a people dispossessed. All that is sacred has been violated. A history is being expunged. Alliteration: subdued and silent ( we even faintly hear the shush) Simile: white men hurry about like ants There are metaphors used by the naive speaker in this poem. They are the land‚ the elements‚ the fauna‚ the flora and the history. The warning is all this heart will be gone if the white man has his way. Kath Walker was right. Her warning was not heard. And
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had a spiritual rebirth that their sinful actions would ultimately lead to the wrath of a merciless God. To persuasively convey this notion‚ Edwards utilizes various metaphors to compare God’s wrath and the sinner’s evil to heightened circumstances and attempts to provoke religious revival through fear. Edwards used an extended metaphor for emphasis as he described how “the bow of God’s wrath is bent […] and justice bends the arrow at [the sinner’s] heart” and that it is nothing but the mere pleasure
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lumber-room The story under analysis was written by Hector Munro‚ a British novelist and a short-story writer. After his parents’ death he was brought up by a grandmother and two aunts‚ one of them was a woman of ungovernable temper‚ of fierce likes and dislikes‚ imperious and a moral coward. She was the last person who should have been in charge of children. The character of the aunt in The Lumber-Room is Aunt Augusta to the life. The story is about a little boy Nikolas who lives with his cruel
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