The poem “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson. The poem talks about a Battle. It is filled with many literary devices and organized very well for a poem. The type of rhyme and meter that Alfred used in his poem was dactylic. The three most prominent poetic devices used to depict this battle are repetition‚ imagery and metaphors. In this play there was a lot of repetition used. It was used to help stress the emotion of what the author was trying to get across. For one example the
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began a mission of western expansion. Americans knew that they wanted to expand and grow. The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy that regarded domination in the America’s‚ issued in 1823. This policy said that future efforts by the European nations to colonize land and interfere on American soil will be viewed as an act of aggression. This would require U.S intervention. Many Historians felt that the Monroe Doctrine enabled Americans to move west because no other countries would try to occupy it.
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I was always oblivious to the meaning of oppression‚ I didn’t want to believe it was real. I just wanted to move on with my life and have oppression not exist‚ but it does and it’s worse than I could have imagined. In Marilyn Frye’s article “Oppression‚” she suggests oppression as a‚ “double bin – situations in which options are reduced to a very few and all of them expose one to penalty‚ censure or deprivation” (42). I define oppression as a double bind that lasts a lifetime‚ that no matter how
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"Neutral Tones" by Thomas Hardy is very neutral in tone; its melancholic note is created by a narrator reflecting on the termination of a relationship. Throughout‚ a soothing yet depressing language illustrates this duality. Hardy uses a variety of techniques to highlight sadness and emotions in the narrator. In the first stanza the scene and atmosphere is set‚ "we stood by a pond that winter day".No harsh sounds are present and the sentence epitomises the tranquillity yet disheartening nature of
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English Literature poem comparisons How do the writers express/convey their emotions by focusing on the themes of control and freedom? 1) Prayer Before Birth (Louis Macneice) 2) Tyger (WIlliam Blake) 3) Sonnet 116 (William Shakespeare) 4) War photographer (Carol Ann Duffy) 5) Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) 6) Remember (Christina Rossetti) Q1) “With strength against those who would freeze my humanity‚ would dragoon me into a lethal automaton.” Qa) “He has a job
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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Set in front of the conservative backdrop of 1960’s Hong Kong‚ Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love tells the intimate tale of two people who‚ by fate‚ seem to land themselves in each other’s company due to the common bond of the absence of their spouses. The plot of the film is by no means anything original‚ but it is deeply accentuated by the style in which the film is shot. With unconventional camera angles‚ an inconsistent musical score‚ and deep‚ luscious colors‚ In the
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France‚ and was copyrighted in 1955. The novel is an erotic tragicomedy set in France and America in the 1940s. 2. Humbert Humbert’s personality is quite erudite. Humbert uses words very carefully in speech as well as in writing. Humbert uses his tone and diction to take the reader’s attention from the terrible acts which are actually being described and as a result‚ he becomes far less despicable to the reader. Playing with words softens the blows of the horrors of Humbert’s lived fantasies.
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The theme of the poem “Annabel Lee”‚ by Edgar Allan Poe‚ is love and desire. In addition‚ the mood of the poem begins as love and passion‚ but transforms into despair and sadness. First of all‚ the text cites‚ “But we loved with a love that was more than love” (Poe 9). This is clarifies how the theme of this poem is love and desire because the main idea of the poem is the author’s love for “Annabel Lee”. Therefore‚ this shows how love is the theme because it is the central topic described and the
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Running head: EXTREME TEMPERATURE AND MOOD 8 Extreme Temperatures Affect Our Mood Oualidslim Gharbi Community College of Aurora Extreme Temperatures Affect Our Mood The weather controls every aspect of our daily lives. It influences our choices and decisions on what to wear‚ what to eat‚ and what kind of activities we should do. Ancient civilizations feared and respected the power of the weather. They created and worshiped different weather gods. During extreme weather conditions such as during
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studies have been done to find the correlation between chocolates consumption and moods but the relationship between chocolates and moods were highly complex. However‚ the effectiveness of consuming chocolates on peoples’ mood remains unclear and the evidence in chocolate studies remains highly controversial. A questionnaire was used to collect data about student perceptions in consuming chocolates and its effects on their mood. The questionnaire provided consists of five questions about chocolates. The
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