The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. For example‚ a fierce person can be referred to as a tiger. Another example of a metaphor would be the description of a person who was uncommunicative as being as "silent as stone". The word stone is an image that is used to explain the intense silence of the person. In this way
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What personification does best is that it connects a reader with the object that is being described. Instinctively we humanize inanimate objects in order to make them more relatable. Personification also helps to boost emotion and can make plain sentences more interesting when used effectively. In Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”
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Dream Deferred”) by Langston Hughes has many similes and instances of personification. The poem’s first simile is a question about what happens to a dream that is put on hold: “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun”. This comparison suggest that just as a raisin loses its physical substance‚ so too does a dream deferred lose its meaning. The “dream” that Hughes probably has in mind here is for African Americans gaining equal rights. The poem’s third simile occurs in lines 5 and 6:“Does it stink like
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the oppression their father causes and how other people come and help guide their way towards freedom to express themselves. The author uses the purple hibiscus to represent how the main characters Kambili and Jaja‚ achieve freedom by the use of similes‚
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years apart and both written in London. Europe was going through its Industrial Revolution during this time. These poets see London in opposite Ways; using metaphors‚ personification‚ and imagery both poets show their points of views. Blake for the people’s sorrow and Wordsworth for its landscape. Even though both Blake and Wordsworth use metaphors they use them in a way that contradict each other. Blake says within his poem‚” In every cry of every man/ in every infant’s cry of fear/ In every voice
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The use of metaphors are an important factor with any piece of literature. Metaphors add color to creative writings‚ also establishing depth. A story without metaphors is lifeless‚ unable to compose another way to view it. The term for a metaphor is a figure of speech in which term is transferred to something it does not literally apply to‚ this helps the brain create a mental picture which the person might easily understand what the character is feeling. When a person finally makes
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tends to transcend the category of ‘season‚’ and more accurately takes on the form of a revival. By utilizing personification‚ Dickinson is able to bring to life the natural elements that form the essence of spring‚ while implicitly relating these intrinsic qualities of spring to her faith. Throughout most of her works‚ Dickinson tends
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NANG *** DANANG - 2011 This thesis has been completed at The University of Danang Supervisor: NGŨ THI N HÙNG‚ Ph.D H VI N M LINH Examiner 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luu Quy Khuong Examiner 2: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Van Phuoc A STUDY OF METAPHOR IN NEWSPAPERS (ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE) This thesis will be orally defended to the Examining Committee at the Field Study: The English Language Code: 60.22.15 University of Danang Time: November 3rd‚ 2011 Venue: University of Danang MASTER
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today. At the time‚ the Harlem renaissance was taking place‚ and it wasn’t easy for claude mckay to live there (considering he was an African American). Mckay uses elements like similie‚ metaphor‚ and personoification to describe the hardship of African americans during this renaissance. When the author uses metaphors for the first part of the poem‚ he uses lines such as‚ “she feeds me bread of bitterness” and “sinks into my throat her tigers tooth stealing my breath of life” to convey how America is
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In this story‚ there are so many similes‚ however one that really stood out was the one quoted above. As I continue to go on with the story it amazes me how Sandra Cisneros‚ structures these sentences to make the readers more captivated. Reading this story once or just skimming through it‚ there would be no way to fully understand the deep meaning she is trying to reveal. For me‚ I personally had to reread the story a couple times to be able to catch all the similes and fully grasp the whole story
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