Tone and metaphors play a critical role in the poem‚ "A Litany in Time of Plague". The tone of the poem helps set up some of the metaphors‚ and the metaphors help to reinforce the tone. Throughout the poem‚ one can find readily find examples setting the tone and several distinguishable metaphors. In this poem the tone and metaphors complement one another very well and go hand in hand in making this poem dramatic and meaningful. The tone in‚ " A Litany in Time of Plague"‚ is prayerful and gloomy
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deep sense of emotion that can be found through the tone that Ernest Hemingway shows in the characters. The tone in this story appears to be dark and gloomy but as the story carries on it shows hope and compassion. "Tone is the attitude toward a subject conveyed in a literary work. No single stylistic device creates tone; it is the various elements an author brings to creating the work’s feeling and manner." (Pearson p. 198) Hemingway shows tone such as loneliness‚ sadness‚ and emptiness through
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Franklin’s Tone In his Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America‚ Benjamin Franklin expresses his attitude toward the white settlers‚ and the savage’ Native-Americans. Franklin’s fluctuating style of tone in his writing can not go neglected‚ as it is left naked to criticism. In revealing his perspective on the white settlers and the Native-Americans‚ Franklin’s audience is left to question who the real savages’ are. Franklin’s passage is perceivably‚ though not physically‚ divided
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By using the metaphor of a “ valley of the shadow of death” David speaks of seemingly hopeless situations through the use of a grave tone. The psalmist uses this metaphor to further show the shepherd character of God because through that dark place the psalmist says‚ “You are with me”. In the final stanza of the poem‚ the speaker uses the metaphor or his cup running over to symbolize
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Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery” uses underlying details and specific word choice to highlight her pensive tone. Throughout the story‚ Shirley Jackson uses the word “Lottery‚” repeatedly. The use of the word in one sentence focuses on the use of it‚ “...Used to be a saying about ’Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon.’... There’s always been a lottery‚” (Jackson 31). The word here emphasizes that Old man Warner has an understanding of “The Lottery.” Jackson leaves the reader with a connotative
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a few individuals believe that one of a cheerful relationship between a son and the father. And also other individuals trust that this sonnet has a shrouded message of parental misuse. In my perspective‚ the symbolism and dialect‚ the imagery‚ and tone in the pome gave me the impression of the affection between the son and father‚ not of an oppressive relationship. You might get the response of misuse in light of the fact that; the line‚ "Whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy" proposes
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ever be perfect. Shakespeare knows this fact all too well and displays his understanding through his work in Sonnet 130. In this sonnet‚ Shakespeare uses a frank tone to convey his feelings of love to a woman who does not try to misrepresent herself as the perfect embodiment of a woman. In the first quatrain Shakespeare uses a blunt tone to compare objects that are normally used to compliment a woman‚ to the realistic
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Appropriate pitch and tone of voice Firstly‚ a special educational needs teacher when they are talking to Karim they may talk about how his behaviour is unacceptable. They may talk in a high tone of voice to make him understand how they are feeling about him now. Whereas‚ the special education needs assistant‚ support assistant or therapist if they are helping Karim in something their communication skills will be different. Especially‚ if they are having extra help. They may speak in a low tone of voice. This
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Slaughterhouse Five SIFTT Sean Lawson Period 1 Slaughterhouse Five‚ a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ contains numerous examples of symbolism‚ imagery‚ figurative language‚ tone‚ and theme. The story isn’t very chronological‚ every thing happens bunched up together. There are numerous settings in the novel. A large portion of the action of the story occurs in the small town of Ilium‚ New York‚ where Billy Pilgrim‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ was born. Having grown up in Ilium‚ he settles there
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At first‚ the poem is by all accounts just about Hayden recalling that nobody said anything to his father in regards to keeping the house warm. The house was filled with anger based on the tone and words. The word chronic I think represents persevering‚ and a determined father. This outrage apparently‚ was an ongoing issue in the house. Rather than saying the house‚ Hayden wrote "that house." This expression likewise underscores that the
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