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    pleasure could fill your heart. The whole picture of the dancing daffodils was depicted perfectly using the prominent imagery. I realized that most of this imagery is created by the many metaphors and similes Wordsworth uses. In the first line‚ Wordsworth says "I wandered lonely as a cloud." This is a simile comparing the wondering of a man to a cloud drifting through the sky. The sense of loneliness is

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    he did not delight in killing others‚ even if it was a great accomplishment. B. The story is told in first person perspective; therefore all the descriptions are the actual feelings of the character. The author uses literary devices such as simile and metaphor to create vivid imagery‚ both visual and tactile. We see this in the quote "It was like swimming in molasses‚ with the additional misery that it was molasses that stank and had dead men in it." Also‚ because the story is told in retrospect

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    Quickdraw is a poem about the end and break down of a relationship. Specifically an argument between the speaker and their other half and the feelings felt by the speaker in the poem. It has many similarities and differences with In Paris with You a poem about a very negative relationship with the speaker who is desperately in love with someone who is just using them. The poem uses a play on words and anytime the words Paris and love are mentioned you have to switch them‚ so Paris means love and

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    devices in this poem are metaphors and similes‚ both of which compare two different ideas. A metaphor in this poem compares the many lies in life; they are referred to as “In an ocean of lies” in this poem. The metaphor “It was an oyster at my feet.” compares the world to an oyster‚ because children do not understand how huge the world is; in the world‚ there are many worthless things while a few special items are the precious pearls of our world. The simile “Living like children” compares a life

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    with no seeming forethought. Also in comparing death to the hawk‚ Warren is suggesting the idea that death is natural and makes no deliberately malicious actions. In contrast‚ in the very last stanza Warren transitions the metaphor using a quaint simile‚ “ If there were no wind we might‚ we think hear the earth grind on its axis‚ or history drip in the darkness like a leaking pipe in the cellar”. In doing this Warren is completely abandoning his early comparison of a majestic bird and instead compares

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    imagery to illustrate the perils of the streets that he grew up on. Simile and metaphor are frequent modes that Baldwin exercised to present imagery. “For a moment nobody’s talking‚ but every face looks darkening‚ like the sky outside” (Baldwin 244) is an example of simile in which the word “like” is used to compare two different ideas‚ drawing the reader into the story through a mental picture. The author also applied the use of simile to liken a boy whistling a tune to a songbird (239). In the second

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    poetry that Rita Dove has written. The works In the Old Neighborhood‚ My Mother Enters the Work Force‚ and The Bistro Styx are great examples. Through these three works‚ Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry‚ her use of figurative devices such as similes and metaphors‚ and Dove’s view on children coming of age in different ways will be explored and proven. By looking at the poem “In the Old Neighborhood” a number of things can be inferred from the overall poem. Dove seems to go back in time to

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    represents the connectivity that Kooser is trying to express in his poem. Throughout his poem‚ Kooser utilizes many aspects of poetry to convey and support his overall message. By using many poetic devices such as various sound devices‚ metaphors‚ similes and by including a distinct setting and mood in poem‚ Kooser is successfully able to enlighten his reader. Throughout “Flying at Night” Kooser utilizes the setting of an Airplane to present the reader with a very unique perspective that would

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    experiences with our eyes as well as with our minds through distinctively visual. The many visual‚ written and literary techniques have the ability to create a significant and impacting visual. In the text Maestro‚ the composer uses techniques such as similes‚ metaphors and multi-sensual images to convey distinctively visual‚ through experiences. Paul‚ the main character is taught by a musical maestro who not only teaches him about his music‚ but also life skills. This is seen through a metaphor “a musical

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    Analysis of “A Pace Like That” by Yehuda Amichai In the poem “A Pace Like That” by Yehuda Amichai‚ it uses metaphors and similes about how he wishes that time were slower. Yehuda also makes references to his own life and how it relates to his wish. I believe Yehuda is trying to convey how and why he wants a slower pace. At the beginning of the poem Yehuda mentions his lemon tree. This lemon tree symbolizes the things he missed and wishes he could have experienced. He states how he wanted

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