Thomas Gray wrote “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” in 1742‚ shortly after the death of his close friend Richard West who died from tuberculosis (“Gray‚ Thomas”). The death of his dear friend influenced him to write an elegy‚ which is a poem expressing sorrow or lamentation‚ especially towards one who has died (“Poetry for Students”). An elegy is usually a pensive or reflective poem that can be nostalgic or melancholy (“Elegy”). Gray uses figurative language and detailed description to get
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Theodore Roethke’s poem “Elegy for Jane” shows the speakers affliction towards the death of his former student Jane. Roethke uses personification‚ imagery and metaphors as well as other devices to show the love and sorrow the speaker feels for Jane. The personification used by the speaker‚ when he says “leaves‚ their whispers turned to kissing” and “mold sang in the beached valley under the rose” is a representation of Jane’s presence‚ for bad and good her presence delighted them. The speaker uses
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“The Bet” is a short story written by Anton Chekhov in 1889. Anton Chekhov was a renowned playwright and short story novelist who rose to fame in the late nineteenth century. He was born on January 29‚ 1860 in Taganrog‚ Russian Empire. Chekhov’s father was a grocery store owner and his mother was a popular storyteller‚ perhaps creating an interest of storytelling to Chekhov at a very early age. “The Bet” is a very popular short story that holds a very important meaning to Chekhov. Anton Chekhov
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The written word has long been recognized a powerful medium for communication. Dickinson‚ one of the great American poets‚ recognizes and lauds this fact in her poems. In a time when travel and communication were much harder books provided much of the knowledge and understanding of the reaches of the world. Throughout her poem “There is no Frigate like a Book”‚ Dickinson make the case that one can travel through books and books stand as one of the best modes of traveling through careful word choice
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Are you able to answer the question ‘What is the best way to communicate’ ? Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning. Sound devices are poems that honor people important to the speaker or focus on the speaker’s own identity. People can communicate with poetry in many ways talking about their relationships using sound devices such as rhyme‚ onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ and repetition. “Annabel Lee” was written by Edgar Allen Poe
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Chile Chile is located in South America‚ its neighboring countries are Argentina‚ Bolivia‚ and Peru. And its capital is Santiago de Chile. Chile’s most representative historical site is the Memory and Human Rights Museum‚ which was made to conmemorate all the victims of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Here you can look at different types of things such as: letters of love‚ letters asking for help‚ torture artefacts‚ and many other things. Pinochet`s dictatorship a horrible and desastrous
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When the girl in “Children of the Sea” speaks of growing used to Villa Rose‚ the themes of a facade of comfort and infinity are introduced‚ both of which become symbolized by the banyan tree‚ the mountains‚ and the stream. This idea of the façade of comfort is symbolized by much of the natural landscape of Villa Rose. The little stream that runs by the girl’s home in Villa Rose is a constant reminder that even stereotypically peaceful‚ comforting things like a stream are rarely perfect. To the girl
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In the short story‚ 2 B R 0 2 B‚ I was able to recognize the multiple examples of literary elements found within the piece. While reading the short story‚ the first literary element that stood out to me was imagery. Within the beginning‚ Vonnegut immediately sends the image of living in a ‘perfect world’ to the reader’s mind. “Everything was perfectly swell. There were no prisons‚ no slums‚ no insane asylums‚ no cripples‚ no pov-erty‚ no war. All diseases were conquered. So was old age”‚ writes Vonnegut
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Swamps are often seen as negative or even scary. They are the subject of fear or mystery. However in the poem “The Swamp”‚ the author develops a complex relationship with the swamp through language the formation of the poem and imagery. The poem is presented with a unique formation. The descension of the poems words adds a sense of panic. It begins with long lines only to taper off into short strokes. This cultivates a feeling of being trapped or close within the swamp itself. The author fears what
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Compare and contrast the treatment of dogs in ‘To Flush my Dog’ and the RSPCA leaflet. “To Flush‚ My Dog” written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the RSPCA leaflet “ Just ＄3 a month will help rescue more animals like Trio” are two documents exploring the same topic - treatment of dogs. Both documents depict how the owners treat their dogs differently showing the love and bond between dogs and humans. In “To Flush‚ My Dog”‚ Elizabeth appraises her dog in a very elaborated manner‚ while RSPCA
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