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    Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 1 Diction and Imagery Literary Techniques • The meaning of a poem (i.e its focus‚ mood and the speaker’s attitude) is enhanced by four main types of literary techniques: • Diction • Imagery • Sound devices • Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Diction • Diction is the choice of words a poet uses to bring meaning across. In working through a poem‚ it is useful to question why a certain word is used‚ and what kind of effect is achieved with the choice and placement

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    people in the church. The primary metaphor of this poem is religiously based in the sense people have determination to release their burdens with the desire of overcoming tribulations through prayer. Many smaller metaphors inside the poem leading the reader to believe there is faith veiled throughout. This metaphor is explained in this essay by many other small metaphors; Salt-stain is really tears‚ the vinyl is from the pews/benches in the church. How this metaphor references something manmade‚ the

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    1. Figurative Language: I-) Metaphors: *The storm of grief:  If someone has a storm of grief‚ they cry loudly‚ uncontrollably and for a long time. *Physical exhaustion that haunted her body: Here the writer is trying to say that the exhaustion was all over her body. *Breath of the rain: It means that you can feel the rain. *Monstrous joy: Here it is meant that the joy was so strong that it seized her body. (The qualities of a monster) ıı-) there aren’t any idioms in this text. ııı-) Symbols:

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    Visual Imagery is important in poetry to help the poet express the theme of the poem. There are three types of imagery Bishop uses to express her theme. First‚ she uses Metaphor. Second she uses Simile‚ Third‚ and she uses Personification. The Fish poem is very full of different types of imagery and very vivid in it narrations. This poem depends on its imagery more than any other single element. The speaker alternately convinces us of the fish’s ugliness and its beauty‚ and in order to achieve this

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    Warren’s poem Evening Hawk he explores the complexities of death and the impact its transcendence has upon human nature. Through extended metaphors‚ vivid imagery‚ and various allusions he communicates a somber and imminent mood. Therefore‚ aiding him to express his ideas on the unceasing nature of death. Throughout the entire work‚ Warren uses an extended metaphor comparing death to an evening hawk. When describing the hawk’s flight he correlates it’s deliberate movements to the concise temperament

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    used metaphors‚ similes and personifications to enhance this poem. A personification in this poem that stands out is “The brown air fumes at the shop windows‚ tries the door and sidles past.” (stanza 1‚ line 3 & 4) The brown air is the heavily contaminated air‚ trying to infect our body with the poison that it contains. The air seems as though it is the enemy to our human body‚ and we create barriers‚ such as doors and windows‚ to protect us from the air. MacCaig uses interesting metaphors throughout

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    irreverent to us and that Mr Bleaney is not of much importance. The lacking of strong syllables in the title makes it sound monotonous giving the impression of boredom‚ of a life lacking excitement. I truly thought that taught the poem was a big metaphor of Mr Bleaney’s life. The way the room was described did not really make a good impression on me because it showed how rough and lonely it must have been for any human being to live there. E.g. Larkin used words like littered and upright. Larkin

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    Development of a Character with the Use of Figurative Language Throughout the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ author Zora Neale Hurston is able to go into great detail using various forms of figurative language. With the use of assorted metaphors and symbols‚ she is able to express the feelings and emotions of Janie‚ the main character. Zora Neale Hurston uses figurative language in Their Eyes Were Watching God to develop Janie’s character and love life over time. Janie’s hair is used as

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    culminating in a confrontation with darkness is a metaphor of a failure to interpret the visual flow as an orderly text from which all the hints of the non-discursive and hence the ineffable must be erased. The wife’s incomprehensible decision which takes him by surprise opens up the realm of emotions‚ of uncontrollable desires‚ all that resists verbal articulation. Darkness which thwarts all the effort of the eyes to recognize shapes is a

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    SEMANTICS -The study of semantics includes the study of how meaning is constructed‚ interpreted‚ clarified‚ obscured‚ illustrated‚ simplified‚ negotiated‚ contradicted and paraphrased. AREAS OF SEMANTIC THEORY * Semantic fields * Metaphor * Homonymy * Homophony * Homographs * Polysemy * Hyponymy * Hypernymy * Antonymy * Synonymy A. SEMANTIC FIELD * Set of lexemes which cover a certain conceptual domain and which bear certain specifiable relations

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