Elements of Poetry When you read a poem‚ pay attention to some basic ideas: Voice (Who is speaking? How are they speaking?) Stanzas (how lines are grouped) Sound (includes rhyme‚ but also many other patterns) Rhythm (what kind of "beat" or meter does the poem have?) Figures of speech (many poems are full of metaphors and other figurative language) Form (there are standard types of poem) Voice Voice is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader. Lyric poems and
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There is more to a story than just literary elements. The meaning and feelings it leaves upon the reader as he or she sets an image in their mind. As the story is read‚ the feelings and morals that are portrayed behind the reasoning of the writer’s purpose. The theme explains what the story is about and the reasoning of why the story was written. (Clugston‚ R.W. Chapter 7) The literary elements help to tell the story that contributes to a reader’s mind of a portrayed theme. The story I chose has
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Elements of Design Sheila Lewis ENG 225 Introduction to Film Prof. Kathryn Graham May 26‚ 2013 The scene that I chose that was in movie clips was from “Waiting to Exhale”‚ which was when Bernadette burnt all of her husband’s clothes in the front yard after he made a statement that he was leaving her for another women which was white. This movie was based on the book written by Terry McMillian. In this movie there were a lot of people involved in this movie and some of them that was included
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Southern Gothic Literary Tradition Jamie Friend South University Online Miss Emily Grierson fits the description of Southern Gothic tradition in “A Rose for Emily” due to the fact that she is portrayed as a character with symptoms of mental illness that cause her to do horrific things. She is also a symbol of respect in the town and considered a “fallen monument” (Faulkner‚ 1930‚ p. 543). The community of Jefferson never thought Miss Emily was “crazy”‚ but that she was an ill person. Although
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Elements of Literature Style is the spoken characteristics of a writer‚ as unique as his or her face or voice. Their styles express their individual ways of seeing humanity. Style is an insignia of independence and distinguishes a good writer from a meager or average writer. This is just one of the elements of literature. There are many elements of literature. When we read or hear poetry‚ we hear a speaker’s voice. It is this tone of voice that conveys the poem’s tone‚ its indirect mind-set
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Why do people want to live in a perfect world? Everyone wants to live in their own fantasy world because that is where all their dreams are able to come true. No one wants a world of grief and sorrow. Life should be lived to its fullest. It should not be wasted. It should be embraced. When we are faced with agony‚ we must either make a choice between accepting it or hiding from it. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ the author mainly focuses on Blanche Dubois‚ a woman who
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It was a cold stormy night. The house was still. I was lying in bed when I heard a series of knocks at the door. As I descended the stairs the knocks were getting louder and louder. I thought to myself‚ "Who could be at the door this late at night?" When I opened the door there was a tall man dressed all in black. He smelled of fish and looked like he just walked out of a mud pit. He was having car troubles and needed to use the phone. I invited him in and told him that the phone was down the hall
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Briskly walking through the mysterious darkness of the menacing forest‚ grasping tightly my withering frozen hand‚ my petrified newly wed wife clung on for protection. It was pitch dark on a cold foggy night in the mid days of December. We were in search of somewhere to rest our staggering and lost bodies. My wife and I had been walking for miles through this never ending cursed old forest. Every step we made on the thin and almost transparent layer of snow had a sudden fall and we heard the snap
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The graveyard was dark and shadowed; tulips lined the cobblestone pathway that led to the mausoleum‚ looming darkly against the feeble moon. I strode through the graveyard‚ glancing nervously around at the shadows that lay thick upon the graves like a shroud. Tulips‚ protruding like withered stakes from the ground‚ lined the pathway‚ and I could smell their sickly-sweet odor as I approached the mausoleum‚ looming above me like a forbidding monument to the feeble moon above. “Rachel!” I cried out
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The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh‚ The Scream by Edvard Munch‚ and American Gothic by Grant Wood are a few examples of particularly famous paintings that have been around for decades. However‚ even their fame is eclipsed by the abundance of advertisements in American culture. Often‚ others ask if they had seen a specific ad because those in the advertising business have successfully done their job‚ and have created memorable images. Whether the ad is in the form of a catchy jingle‚ a likable slogan
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