peace and joy while masking its more menacing underlying tone. While Ralph blew the conch shell‚ "his face was dark with the violent pleasure of making this stupendous noise‚ and his heart was making the stretched shirt shake" (16). Golding’s use of imagery here reveals Ralph’s joy and excitement at blowing the conch‚ but also describes his pleasure as "violent"‚ possibly hinting at a future darkness. Golding also employs diction to set the tone when he mentions the twins‚ Sam and Eric: "They breathed
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Changes in a poet’s life often impact the topics of their writing‚ but a poet’s unique tone can survive the transformations. Ogden Nash‚ a New Yorker born in 1902 grew up in several cities and towns along the East Coast of the U.S. Nash left his job as a copywriter and editor relatively early in his career to dedicate himself solely to poetry. From his very first poem to his last‚ Nash always incorporated a humorous tone in his poems. During the Great Depression and the beginning of the United State’s
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his interest in acquiring the apartment develops. However‚ understanding the societal racism that plagued the peoples‚ he confesses that he is indeed African. For a while the landlady is silent‚ but afterwards she abruptly asks the man if his skin tone is light or very dark. The man is enraged and comprises sarcastic replies. One of his responses includes asking the landlady whether she is referring to plain or milk chocolate. He continues to make such comments to the point that he describes how
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Throughout the story of “The Lottery”‚ author Shirley Jackson uses an ironic tone. From the reader point of view‚ a lottery is special grand prize‚ not a twisted turn of events which involves death. The use of irony prepares the readers for the most dramatic reaction. Shirley Jackson sets the most obvious use of irony from the beginning. From the first impression of the readers‚ the lottery is a cash prize. As the plot ticking’s‚ Jackson played on the belief and turned it to the complete opposite
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Virginia U. Jensen - “The actions of righteous women ripple on through time and space and even generations.” In “The Prologue‚” Anne Bradstreet writes a poem that seeks to understand her role as a female poet in a male-dominated Puritan society. She knows that her poetry is perceived as inferior because it was considered the province of men and appear to humble herself within the context of the poem by indicating her unworthiness‚ yet through the subtext‚ Bradstreet craftily challenges men and
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Tone in "The Destruction of Sennacherib" In Lord Byron ’s poem "The Destruction of Sennacherib" the narrator ’s tone is one of amazement. It ’s clear to see that he is amazed a how quickly and easily the huge enemy army is wiped out. He says that the enemy ’s army was as numerous as the leaves on the trees and that their spears shined like the "stars on the sea"‚ but all the angel of death had to do was "spread his wings" to dispose of them. The speaker seems to be in awe of how little effort
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lessons and realistic descriptions through his poetry. In his well-known poem “The Road Not Taken” he writes about an experience that all humans go through at some point in their lives. The poet helps us to better understand this message by his use of tone and literary devices throughout the poem. “The Road Not Taken” is about a traveler who comes upon a fork in the road. There are two paths‚ and he has to decide which one he should take. However‚ when you read between the lines of this
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The tone of “The Dover Bitch” mocks “Dover Beach”. While the tone of Hecht’s poems is light and humorous‚ Arnold’s poem is extremely sad and melancholy. For example look at the title first of all “The Dover Bitch” is mocking “Dover Beach”. Secondly the structure of the poem is completely
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Analysis of the sonnet‚ “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” William Shakespeare is well known for his unique style of writing‚ and really changed the tone of romantic poetry with his sonnet “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”. He wanted the readers to see a different side of what beauty was he wanted them to see a more realistic view of a women. In the 1600 time frame the writers made women seems so prefect and angelic; which is not at all the way most women really look. Shakespeare
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Additionally‚ many of Soto’s poems have a reflective tone because his poems are usually autobiographical. Typically Soto writes in free verse about past experiences and life milestones which is the case in his poem “Oranges”. Gary Soto’s poem “Oranges” is about a man recounting the details of his first
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