The Final List Literary/non-literary language Images (five) Simile Metaphor Personification Apostrophe Repetition and Parallelism Hyperbole Exaggeration Antithesis Oxymoron Paradox Allusion Connotation Sound Devices: Internal rhyme End rhyme Eye rhyme Assonance Consonance Alliteration Onomatopoeia Setting Tone Mood Attitude Samples of Students’ writing in the Midterms a. And I saw the flash of a white throat‚ And a double row of white
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Thomas Stearns Eliot’s poems‚ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock published in 1915‚ and Preludes published in 1917‚ resonate the decay and alienation of Eliot’s characters and civilization. Eliot employs various poetic techniques to challenge the reader to explore social fragmentation of the human psyche and the futility of an industrialization society. Eliot explores seclusion and social fragmentation through the experiences of the persona in his poem‚ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. The form
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Poetry Analysis Essay In T.S Elliot’s poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock he describes his experiences in everyday life and the struggles he faces while doing them. Through allusion‚ repetition‚ and synecdoche‚ he supports a message of uncertainty as he gets older and makes decisions in his life. Overall‚ the tone of the poem is dreary through the way things are described such as the streets‚ sky‚ and people. An allusion is a reference to something in a poem that the reader can relate to; which
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individuality. He is ashamed of his personal appearance and looks towards social advancement as a way to assure himself and those around him of his value and establish who he is. Through out the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"‚ T.S. Eliot explores Prufrock’s conflict with society‚ love and self. The issue of Prufrock’s place in society leads to an "overwhelming question..."(10)‚ which is never identified‚ asked‚ or answered in the poem. This "question" is somehow associated with his social
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How is the theme of love developed in this section and how does this link to the development of the theme in the novel as a whole? The theme of love is indeed an enigma in this novel. As the novel flows on‚ love is developing‚ but not necessarily on the right path. Our belief of love becoming a fully grown blossomed flower in this novel‚ takes setbacks every time we see an aspect of love. Many modern day lovers see love as being attracted to the complete person. A person‚ who loves someone‚ either
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Ezra. The epigraph of the poem is a quotation from Dante Alighieri´s Divine Comedy‚ from the first of the three canticas‚ Inferno. The reason for that is Eliot´s obsession and extensive reading of Dante at that time. Eliot´s poetry‚ including “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is the combination of past and modern time. The modern is usually front and center of his work and it is completed with different allusions to the past‚ such as William Shakespeare‚ the Greeks and more. By form‚ “Prufrock”
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a lover sing of the timelessness of love and the clocks unified remark on how love and life is temporary. The speaker demonstrates a woeful tone throughout the poem while the lover’s optimistic and somewhat naive tone is put to shame by the clocks cynicism. The speaker uses diction‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ and hyperbole to ultimately get his point across that everything ends and we must cherish the temporary rather than deceiving ourselves with eternal love. In the speaker’s first stanza‚ he
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wrote this play to communicate love and empower the audience to see the world in all of its manifestations. Love is the most dominant theme explored throughout the entire play‚ various types of love have been constantly expressed‚ including romantic love‚ family love‚ shallow love and carer’s love. Romeo and Juliet’s rapidly occurring attraction shown in act 2 at the Capulet’s party was indeed love at first sight. But was physical attraction a component of romantic love? Illogical lovers Romeo and
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The following terms listed below are used to identify the theme of the destructiveness of love in Romeo and Juliet. The first term is Narration‚ and the second term is Focalize. Narration refers to the way that a story is told‚ and so belongs to the level of discourse. www.cla.perdue.edu‚ (2002). Narration is a key aspect in this play. For example‚ the play is narrated by the main characters which allows the audience to observe a vicious‚ strong emotion that portrays individuals and sends them against
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE ANALYSIS Love theme Love never gets old. So does every problem that comes with it. The “pride” and “prejudice” that once hindered the love of Elizabeth and Darcy have not ceased to cause troubles to lovers until nowadays. It is the love theme that makes Pride and Prejudice famous and widely read for many decades. Love in late 18th and early 19th century must be more difficult than today. Social standings and class could become a huge barrier. Early in the book‚ this barrier
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