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    this. Part of you was injured but every thing I did somehow it was a mistake. You never let me forget because we were God‚ and then took me to bed because I was forever yours. Connotation: "My Papa’s Waltz" presents similes‚ metaphors‚ and personification. An example of a simile would be‚ "But I held on like death." The author means that he could never let go he is so desperate. A personification example would be‚ "My mother’s countenance could not un-frown itself." By this the author means that

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    O'Henry the Last Leaf

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    The stylistic analysis of “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry The text under stylistic analysis is the short story “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry. William Sydney Porter was born on 11-th of September in 1862 in North Carolina. His mother died when he was three year old. Porter worked at drug store of his uncle. Then he went to Texas and tried many professions. For example rancher‚ bank teller‚ journalist‚ founding a comic weekly magazine The Rolling Stone. Then was employed by the Houston Post to write a humorous

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    Peaceful Dover beach‚ which was calm the night when Arnold was there‚ showed us the difficulty of accomplishing something. By using ideational structure full of metaphors and making each stanza to have its own characteristic‚ Arnold effectively transferred the theme of the poem. The poetry starts with the description of Dover beach at a moment‚ which would not last forever‚ directed us to the sadness or disappointment that he would reveal later in poetry. The first stanza is very much about

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    “Those Winter Sundays” & “Paper Matches” “Those Winter Sundays” and “Paper Matches” are poems that came together to form the same qualities. However the two individual poems expresses it‚ in its own contrasting ways. Both “Those Winter Sundays” and “Paper Matches” intertwine metaphors into its work and the aspect of the under-appreciation of one party toward another. The poem “Those Winter Sundays” is of a grown adult looking back into his childhood. He remembers an event that led him to realize

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    her ’heart’) adds tension and makes us see Yen Mah as genuine; ’full of dread’ and ’gave a giant lurch’ implies how intimidating the father is. Learning of this estrangement‚ we feel sympathetic for her growing up without parents. 3. Melodramatic simile emphasizes the tension she felt entering described ’as in a nightmare’‚ so different to how a father-daughter relationship should be‚ thus highlighting the distance. 4. After feeling ‘overwhelmed’ by the thought of being summoned to his room – which

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    Mrs Midas

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    poem. This poem is a retelling of an old myth Carol Ann Duffy puts a spin on it by changing the perspective and adding different parts to the story of Midas. Duffy uses many similes and metaphors to simulate an interesting character. An example of this would be ‘unwrapping each other rapidly‚ like presents’ this simile is showing the eagerness of Mr and Mrs Midas and how passionate they were towards each other. The same way a child is when opening presents‚ the feeling that it’s impossible to

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    Daffodils and Patterns

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    Paula Kriesel In the poem “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth uses many techniques through out his poem. He uses imagery‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ similes‚ and hyperbole to help the reader feel like he feels. Alliteration‚ rhyme‚ and rhythm make the poem flow smoothly and easy to read. In the poem “Patterns” by Amy Lowell the focus tends to be more on imagery than other items. Amy Lowell uses some metaphors in her poem. “Patterns” is very descriptive through out the poem. The speaker

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    their respective texts Jasper Jones and Bora Ring. The idea of change as a maturing yet calamitous and estranging force is conveyed onto the audience through demonstration of its dynamic effects. The skilful use of literary techniques—metaphors‚ similes and symbolism—allows the reader to fully comprehend the consequences of this perpetual force. Metaphors and personification display the idea that change is cataclysmic when it is not required. Change emerges in the life of Jasper Jones’ protagonist

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    Peter Skrzynecki

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    Several aspects of belonging can be explored through any of Peter Skrzynecki’s poems in the Immigrant Chronicle. Peter Skrzynecki explores belonging and its effect on him and his family. Belonging is a feeling that every human has a need to feel. When a person feels like they don’t belong they lose the feeling of security‚ they lack self esteem and an individual’s physical and physiological wellbeing can also be affected. In the poem “St Patrick’s College” shows the feeling of being unable to

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    In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin uses optimistic imagery to state that freedom is a spark that becomes a flame to those who are binded by darkness as her main idea. She is able to convey this main idea to the readers through metaphors and similes that correlates with freedom. Chopin states her main idea by using optimistic metaphor about the taste of freedom from a woman‚ whose husband was thought to be dead. In the story‚ the narrator says‚ “she was drinking in a very

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