Bernard Shaw uses figurative language to describe what he saw and what he learned during the cremation of his mother. Shaw uses ironic tones of humor and beauty to describe the cremation. Shaw describes the cremation by stating: “The feet burst miraculously into streaming ribbons of garnet coloured lovely flame‚ smokeless and eager like pentecostal tongues‚ and as the whole coffin passed in‚ it sprang into flame all over; and my mother became that beautiful….” Shaw’s figurative language of metaphor and
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Still‚ it is true Paul advocates for mimesis. However‚ what true imitation looks like for him is not one which leads to glorification of social order‚ but the opposite. It is this opposite‚ counter-cultural view of the cross that Paul has been articulating in all of chapter 4‚ and in 1 Corinthians 1-4 entirely. As problematic as 4:14-21 can seem‚ when this pericope is kept in view of the chapter as a whole a different interpretation Paul’s aim emerges. Still‚ Paul’s command to “imitate me” can seem
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it. So‚ the reason why I am writing you this letter is because I wanted to know if you would be interested in learning about a certain type of figurative language usage in an Emily Dickinson poem. No? Well too bad. I have to tell you anyways. The poem I pick was Emily Dickinson’s poem 1266. Before I get into the poem‚ do you know what paradox language is? In my critical approaches class‚ we have been talking about Brook’s argument about poetry and paradox. From what I understood in class‚ a
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and contrast the following poems. A distinctive difference in the poems would be that Sonnet 81 is a blazon poem whereas Sonnet 130 is an anti-blazon poem. Both poems revolve around the theme of love‚ describing the woman and their feeling towards them‚ however the former picks out the woman’s admirable physical traits whereas the latter criticizes. Both the Spenserian sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet presents the theme of love and woman‚ where both authors are absolutely in love with their
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English Literature What is a sonnet? A sonnet is a form of poetry‚ which originated in Italy and was created by the Sicilian poet Giacomo da Lentini during the Renaissance. The term sonnet comes from the Italian word sonnetto‚ meaning “little song” and is a poem of fourteen lines‚ which can be broken down into four sections called quatrains. It follows a strict rhyme scheme‚ which is ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG. This means that the first and third lines and the second and fourth lines of each quatrain
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Figurative language allows readers to better understand the message that the author is trying to say. Personification allows writers to easily reveal what they are trying to say when descriptions fail them. By including personification‚ the author can clearly communicate how he felt at a specific time. As a reader‚ personification allows us to easier relate to the idea or feeling the author is conveying. Wiesel uses personification on page thirty nine‚ when he says “Remorse began to gnaw at me.”
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In “I never had it made‚ most of the figurative language used was metaphors‚ for example‚ “eye of a hurricane” means the middle of a hurricanes where the wind isn’t as strong. Jackie really means he was safe for a little bit in the middle of the baseball season. Another example of figurative language is in paragraph 4‚ where Jackie says in the text “money is America’s God” he means that money is as important to Branch
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Memorial. He argued passionately and powerfully with the help of language strategies. I believe Martin Luther King’s I have a Dream speech uses effective language. Martin Luther King uses clear and memorable language strategies‚ figures of speech‚ and sound devices effectively in his speech‚ “I Have a Dream.” Martin Luther King’s "I have a Dream"speech uses clear and memorable language strategies such as repetition and concrete language effectively. Repetition means‚ "An instance of using a word‚
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Throughout chapter six there are many themes and language features which help to convey the narrative in order to enhance the readers understanding. Themes which are dealt with in chapter six are; aboriginal identity‚ malefemale relationships‚ and the psychological impact of gaol. These themes are shown through language features; such as; diologue‚ colloquial language‚ lyrics‚ and imagery. Firstly‚ the theme of identity is important because it helps the reader understand the attitudes and appearance
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Act I Analysis of Literary Terms 1. Metaphor- word or phrase used to compare two things that are not usually thought of as alike. “Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs…” –Romeo (Act I‚ Scene 1‚ 176) Romeo’s statement is a metaphor because he compares the concept of love to smoke. The smoke is “made” from the mourns of the depressed. Romeo‚ in the beginning of scene 1‚ is downhearted. His love – or‚ rather‚ lust – for the maiden Rosaline has been blown away by her chastity. This example of
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