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    Upon reading “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke‚ one might infer a violent commotion between a father and son. However‚ if read closely‚ a reader will notice that the boy hung onto his father throughout the entirety of the waltz despite becoming “dizzy” (line 2)‚ and “scrapped” (line 12). In fact‚ in this poem‚ the narrator is reflecting upon a joyful memory he had with his father. Firstly‚ if a person were to dissect the title of the poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz‚” they would discover that “Papa”

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    Everyone is afraid of something. It can range from something miniscule to you or me to something gigantic to someone else. A good percentage of living things are afraid of death‚ more so of what may cause it than the actual thing. In the poem “My Fear” by Raab‚ he depicts a reality of fear the emotion. Raab uses vast personification to bring fear to life as he refers to the powerful emotion as “he” or “mister” to produce a more personal feeling. Raab uses fear to show the argument of how we have

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    New Criticism draws in numerous perusers to its procedures by luring them with unmistakably laid out strides to follow keeping in mind the end goal to censure any work of writing. It rejects the utilization of every single outside source‚ stating that the best way to genuinely break down a ballad productively is to concentrate absolutely on the words in the sonnet. For this understanding I tailed every one of the means important with a specific end goal to appropriately break down the lyric. I went

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    Literary Devices: This poem utilizes multiple literary devices to enhance the imagery and keep the reader engaged by adding unique phrasing. For instance‚ similes (a comparison between two things using the words as or like) can be traced throughout the entirety of the poem. The phrase ‘The wings flutter slightly‚ completely embodying the same thrill as a kid ready to wear a new pair of runners’ is one of many examples of similes found in the poem. It compares the timidness of the wings to a child

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    Literary devices employed by Shakespeare in Macbeth’s words in Act 4 Scene 1 of the play Macbeth Symbolism: the apparitions’ appearances each symbolise something‚ the first‚ a bloody head in a helmet‚ symbolises Macbeth and his inevitable death. The second‚ a bloody child‚ symbolises Macduff‚ who had been “untimely ripp’d” (born of a C-section)‚ and the third‚ a child with a crown and a tree. The crowned child symbolises Banquo’s progeny that will come to rule after Banquo. Metaphor: metaphors

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    O’Brien is a great example of one of these pieces of fiction. A big part of this novel was O’Brien’s theme of metafiction. Metafiction is a type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction. This in another sense means that metafiction is the act of writing about writing. This literary device is used in The Things They Carried‚ as O’Brien’s method to systematically remind his readers that the stories that he is telling are fiction but that sometimes stories can be more real than

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    mother’s village‚ Mbanato. Achebe incorporates literary devices such as detail‚ dialogue‚ and analogy to reveal the Igbo tradition of eating together as friends and the challenges this traditions experiences which is people not inviting friends to feast together or people having feats as a form of retribution. Okonkwo threw this feast just to gather everyone together. Achebe successfully utilizes these devices to enhance his writing. Dialogue is a noticeable device used. Okonkwo claimed that “[He] have only

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    the work “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin you will go through the story of a baby who’s race is of great controversy among many people. That baby will even get his mother kicked out from her husband’s house. Throughout the book‚ Kate Chopin uses literary devices such as foreshadowing and suspense to make the story interesting and to keep her readers captivated. Kate Chopin uses foreshadowing to tantalize the readers and make them interesting in what is to happen next. In the beginning of the story

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    Shakespeare’s use of Literary Techniques Candia Ndayizigiye ENG 4U1 Mr. Daranjo

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    In the poem‚ My Papa’s Waltz‚ Theodore Roethke reminisces about his youth of tangled empathy of concern and unconditional appreciation regarding his predecessor besides the imperfections his predecessor has. Theodore Roethke shows the emotions of concern and appreciation through word choice‚ imagery and metaphors in the poem My Papa’s Waltz. Roethke’s word choices highlight the mixed emotions he feels regarding his predecessor. Through the combination of the words “death” and “waltzing” (l. 3-4)

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