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    Blue Bowl Analysis

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    overcome the experience of losing a pet. This poem uses multiple literary devices such as metaphors and similes to explain how the family tries to overcome the loss of their pet. The simile‚ “Like primitives we bury the cat with its bowl.” Their cat is buried with its bowl without being put in any sort of box or coffin. Kenyon compares this action to that of the primitives. Another example of a simile is exhibited in these lines‚ “And a robin burbles from a dripping bush like the neighbor that means

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    thoughts of her past and future. This song uses metaphors and also similes to get her points across. You are who you are and no one can take that away from you because “You are perfect”. An example of a metaphor in this song is “The whole world stares while i swallow the fear”. This line is stating that she was miss judged and bullied‚ what gives this away is the line“ they don’t like my genes they don’t get my hair”. A particular simile in this song creates a whole new topic to think about. “They

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    Johnathon Edwards

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    of a simile‚ and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. a. Metaphor: A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as. For example: In the sermon the metaphor of loathsome insects describes sinners. The congregation’s righteousness is compared to a spider’s web. God is compared to an archer. What metaphor is used for Hell in the italicized passage? Great furnace of wrath b. Simile: A simile is a

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    Bough‚ Billing the next kind She that flies to meet me; Yet after all cou’d build my Nest with thee”: here he is comparing himself with a bird‚ which is an animal and precisely because of that it is free from the burden of the human conscience. This simile is his excuse for being erratic and childish about his life in general‚ because birds represent freedom.

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    Still I Rise

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    let it stop her because she will “rise” up from it exhibiting her inner strength and determinedness to not let anyone get to her. Reading this piece by Maya Angelou you will notice that the author uses numerous literary elements such as metaphor‚ simile‚ symbolism and imagery throughout the poem. The first literary element metaphor is found in line 21 of the poem. When the author says‚ “You may shoot me with your words” their implying a comparison between a gun and words. This line stands out because

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    Anne Sexton's "Cinderella"

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    "Cinderella" Analysis Through literary devices such as simile‚ repetition and symbolism‚ Anne Sexton delivers the message that there is no way to live "happily ever after." Using four short stories as a lead in‚ Sexton makes powerful arguments about society by creating the symbol of the dove and alluding to the story of Cinderella. For Sexton there is no Cinderella‚ there is no prince charming‚ and there is no happy ending. However‚ through "Cinderella‚" she argues that the "happy ever after" ending

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    Metaphors in Poetry

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    language. Poets also use metaphor as a way of explaining or referring to something in a brief but effective way. An easy way to understand metaphor is to view a metaphor as a simile without the word "like". A simile compares two things in a clear fashion. For example: "he is like a beast". Another example of a simile would be to say that the man is so fierce that he is like a tiger. A metaphor assumes that the relationship will be understood without the interlinking word "like". Metaphor

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    explored and emphasised by the use of the metaphorical language of similes and metaphors in these poems. Both poems describe a picturesque landscape that the speaker feels joy and happiness in. The individual appreciation and awe of the natural world was a central belief of all romantic poets‚ which is highlighted in their poems by the use of poetic devices. In the poem “Tintern Abbey”‚ Wordsworth uses the poetic device of a simile‚ to examine how memory allows the speaker to overcome the harshness

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    Robert Gray Diptych

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    watching the demise of warmth associated with earlier times‚ by looking at a ferry leaving port and venturing into the unknown. Through Gray’s use of various techniques including; sensory imagery‚ tone and the plurality shown through his preference for similes‚ he furthered my understanding of the concept of discovery. In Diptych‚ Gray explores the concept of discovery through his recollections of his parents‚ the catalyst for this was the nostalgia for past experiences. The message I believe Gray is

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    through her writing style as if we were experiencing it through her eyes and deep inside her thoughts. Her use of imagery‚ metaphors‚ similes and narration helps us paint and imagine a vivid picture in our own minds. Just like when Angelou is describing Sister Flowers‚ “Her skin was a rich black that would have peeled like a plum if snagged . . .” Her use of a simile comparing a plum helps us imagine the details such as being smooth‚ soft‚ and shiny‚ just as she saw Sister Flower’s dark black skin

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