In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Cory‚” Robinson employs diction that sets us up to believe that Richard Cory is everything that anyone would want to be. The name “Richard” even sounds of royalty and riches; many kings had the name Richard and the word “rich” is within the name itself. The townspeople view him as “imperially slim‚” as “a gentleman from sole to crown‚” (830) and was even described as “richer than a king” (831). Richard Cory “went downtown” and the townspeople referred to themselves
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PROLOGUE A Silence of Three Parts IT WAS NIGHT AGAIN. The Waystone Inn lay in silence‚ and it was a silence of three parts. The most obvious part was a hollow‚ echoing quiet‚ made by things that were lacking. If there had been a wind it would have sighed through the trees‚ set the inn’s sign creaking on its hooks‚ and brushed the silence down the road like trailing autumn leaves. If there had been a crowd‚ even a handful of men inside the inn‚ they would have filled the silence with conversation
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In the poem‚ “No Title Required‚” Wistawa Szymborska uses narration to speak to her audience in a non-formal fashion to provoke thoughts about importance. The context of the piece itself is not simple‚ but the flow and wording are right to the point. The tone is peaceful in the beginning and grows more serious through the end. There are some examples of repetition to have certain lines stand out. Additionally‚ everything she observes and writes about in this piece is from her eyes. The poem starts
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Seamus Heaney vividly conveys his feelings about the death of this brother at the first stanza by foreshadowing the death he was about to face. He says - “Counting bells knelling classes to close” describing the ringing of the bell. I noticed that Heaney uses the word ‘knelling’ instead of ringing.This almost creates a tone and mood of suspense as the word is usually used to describe church bells knelling for a funeral mass. Another reason why he used bells as an example is to indicate the end of
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Age: Direct Characterization (pg223. Paragraph 1) “She was very old and small and she walked slowly in the dark pine shadows‚ moving a little from side to side in her steps‚ with the balanced heaviness and lightness of a pendulum in a grand-father clock.” (pg223. Paragraph 2) “She looked straight ahead. Her eyes were blue with age. Her skin had a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles and as though a whole little tree stood in the middle of her forehead..” (pg225. Paragraph 26)"My senses
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In the by Black veil Brides is a great song about giving it your all even if it kills you. He uses many lines in the song to show just how much he tried‚ and how much blood‚ sweat‚ and tears he put in just to be remembered. He uses the quote “As my soul’s laid to rest “ to say that with everything he has given‚ to be remembered‚ the only thing left to give is his soul‚ which in this case was a very good choice of simile. Another way to look at this quote is that he is okay with dying after all
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The poem “When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer‚” is a very smooth and beautiful poem addressing the irony of the professional astronomer. Who is stuck in a room encompassed by algorithms and diagrams‚ never to look up and enjoy the very things he has dedicated his life to. The narrator is mocking this astronomer with the usage of incorrect English‚ in an almost southern drawl‚ when repeatedly calling him a learn’d astronomer instead of educated‚ professional‚ or any other positive and sophisticated
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-1- Lon “That you may prosper in all things and be in health‚ just as your soul prospers.” Standing off to the left during a Christmas Eve program Lon exclaimed‚ “Don! How long has it been my friend? At least twenty years I bet!” Forlorn‚ tired looking‚ and slumped forward just a bit‚ I thought‚ “Wow! You have not aged very well.” Offering a customary response‚ “How have you been‚” decided the fate of my Christmas Eve service. As tears welled up in his eyes‚ I knew‚ “You won’t make
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"casey and the bat" the author don’t use humor like a funny thing in the poem said phrases that make the poem humor is that the author use to identify the person who is speaking about‚ this poem has logically ideas about the topic that is that make the poem strong with the humor he uses many phrases to focus you in a world of things that you think about this one‚ "that ain’t my style" the author use some of this sentences to make you mind think about how is the person in what you reading. Focus
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“Night Women” - Readers Log “I cringe from the heat of the night on my face”. (pg 196) “my son’s bed stays nestled against the corner‚ far from peeking jalousies.” (pg 196) “Perhaps it is a mosquito that has learned the gift of lighting itself.” (pg. 196) “We have never talked about love. What would he need to know? Love is one of those lessons that you grow to learn‚ the way one learns that one shoe is made to fit a certain foot‚ lest it cause discomfort.” (pg. 196) “There is a
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