Figurative language: Use of words in ways they are not normally used in order to create a distinct‚ imaginative effect or impression. For example‚ in the expression “He sang at the top of his lungs‚” the suggested meaning of the words is understood—not their literal meaning. Hyperbole: A figure of speech that deliberately exaggerates a description about something or somebody to create a desired effect. Irony: A circumstance in which there is a contra¬diction or difference between what is intended
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Diction in these lines shifts from the way words are shaped in the previous lines. Juncture is part of diction and describes the difficulty of saying a word by the variances in the syllables. The way one’s mouth moves to make the sound of each syllable is juncture. The larger the variance in juncture the more difficult the word is to pronounce. Diction is shifted from soft-smooth consonants and vowels to harsh and aggressive consonants. “Onset‚” “witnessed‚” Keepsake
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THE RAVEN BY EDGAR ALLAN POE THE RAVEN - SETTING The chamber of a house at midnight. Poe uses the word chamber rather than bedroom apparently because chamber has a dark and mysterious connotation. THE RAVEN - NARRATION First-Person Narrator (Persona) A man who has lost his beloved‚ a woman named Lenore. He is depressed‚ lonely‚ and possibly mentally unstable as a result of his bereavement. THE RAVEN - SOURCE INSPIRATION OF The raven in Charles Dickens’ 1841 novel‚ Barnaby Rudge
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constraint of the sonnet is the length of the lines themselves. In a sonnet‚ the rhythm is always iambic pentameter‚ which means that there must always be ten syllables per line‚ with each second syllable being stressed. Where the author breaks this pattern‚ it must obviously be for a good reason‚ when the author wants a certain word or syllable to be stressed. This in itself will naturally add tot he meaning of the poem. This‚ in addition‚ to the constraints of the number of lines‚ again causes the
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Caedmon’s Hymn or “Frumsceaft’s structure has a phenomenal effect on the type of poem it is‚ and its purpose. There are many ways the structure is helpful. For example‚ the caesura allows for a rhythm. In addition‚ accented words allow for emphasis along with the alliteration. In addition‚ the stress sounds given at the beginning of each important phrase stresses the importance of those phrases. Kennings are also used which shows the different names for God and all the different things‚ which he
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Michelle Almanza Dow Intro to Poetry 9 April 2013 Romantic Love Love can be defined in various ways. Especially in American culture‚ where love is used to describe the affection or infatuation of many different things or people. There is no real classification of the type of love for things; it is just plain love. But‚ usually when the word love comes up‚ most people associate it with romantic love; love that is shared between couples in a relationship. Yet‚ still there are many different
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Hermann Ebbinghaus was born in Barmen‚ Germany on January 24‚ 1850. Ebbinghaus’ father was a rich merchant‚ and he encouraged Hermann to go to a University. At age 17‚ Ebbinghaus started his education at the University of Bonn studying history and philosophy‚ later he studied at the Universities of Berlin and Halle. He stopped his studies and served for the Prussian army in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. After the War he continued and finished his doctoral degree in Philosophy at the University
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Rhyme Plan introduction 1. Definition and function of rhyme. 2. History. 3. Types of rhyme. 4. Conclusion. 5. Addition. 1. Definition and function of rhyme. Rhyme is the correspondence of two or more words with similar-sounding final syllables placed so as to echo one another. Rhyme is used by poets and occasionally by prose writers to produce sounds appealing to the reader’s senses and to unify and establish a poem’s stanzaic form. Rhyme is the repetition of identical or similar terminal
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CLASSIFICATIONs OF LITERATURE I. Divisions of Literature Literature Prose Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Dramatic Narrative Lyric Drama Short Story Novel Tale Fable Myth Legends Folktales Essay Biography Autobiography Diary History Chronicle News Anecdote Tragedy Comedy Opera Operetta Ballad Epic Metrical Tale Metrical Romance Ode Sonnet Song Elegy POINT OF COMPARISON | PROSE | POETRY | Form | Paragraph | Verse | Language | Words and rhythms of ordinary and everyday language | Metrical‚
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