No Coincidence One Summer Night‚ written by Ambrose Bierce‚ is a satirical story which involves a presumably dead man‚ Henry Armstrong‚ who was in fact comatose‚ being ironically killed by the shady caretaker of the graveyard. Irony is a recurring literary device in many of Bierce’s short stories and books‚ reflective of his time period where satire and sarcasm in stories was popular. Bierce is quite known for his similarities in plot outlines in his literature. In his most famous short story‚ An
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Robert Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night” describes a life that is filled with depression caused by isolation. Many believe this could have been written from Frost’s own personal experiences‚ since it is well known that he experienced a very sad life with the losses of many of his close relatives. This would have left him feeling alone and detached‚ therefore giving him the inspiration for this poem. When examining the title’s literal meaning‚ one can see Frost’s illustration of how he is very familiar
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Many times adults‚ parents‚ or teachers bend the truth to protect a child’s emotions and innocence. In the following poems‚ “A Barred Owl” by Richard Wilbur and “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins‚ both poets state a situation where an adult provides an explanation for a child by withholding the truth. Nevertheless‚ both poets use rhyme scheme‚ tone‚ and detail to execute their point. In “A Barred Owl” Wilbur includes an ABC rhyme scheme to symbolize the child’s innocence as one is in grade school
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Acquainted with the Night Analysis “Acquainted with the Night” is written by Robert Frost. It is about a lonely man walking in the city. He writes in free verse with fourteen lines. Frost uses the devices metaphor‚ parallel-structure‚ and personification to convey the theme of the struggle of light v. darkness caused by depression. The poetic device of metaphor to describe the man’s connection to his depression. “I have been one acquainted with the night” (1‚14). By night‚ he means darkness and
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Shakespeare balances absence and presence in Sonnet 73 by using a metaphor inside a metaphor in each quatrain. In the first quatrain‚ he compares his age old age to the beginning of winter when there are barely any leaves left on the trees. He continues to compare the bare boughs from the first metaphor‚ with a choir loft in a church while the choir members are being compared to the “late birds” (1177). Additionally‚ he personifies the branches by saying the bare boughs are shaking from the cold
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The widely admired work of William Shakespeare has been‚ over the span of decades‚ adapted into films which originate from the same source but differ in context and means of portrayal. Filmmakers‚ as generations grow and society evolves‚ must master the art of successfully reaching out and empathizing with differing audiences whilst taking in the social‚ cultural and economic values widely appropriated by societies‚ into serious consideration. Kenneth Branagh directed and interpreted his adaptations
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John Singleton Copley John Singleton Copley is an American artist born in 1738 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Copley’s parents came to Boston in 1736 and the death of his father who is said to have become ill shortly after arriving in the colonies and traveling to the West Indies around the time of Copley’s birth in 1738. William H. Whitmore gives Copley’s father’s death as 1748‚ the year his mom remarried ("John Singleton Copley Biography"). James Bernard Cullen says: “Richard Copley was in poor
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The Most Dangerous Game Literary Devices When is the last time that you saw a literary device? In a poem‚ or a novel? Perhaps a short story? Literary devices: we all use them‚ we all love them‚ but what can it really do for an author’s writing? When used correctly they can add character and dimension to one’s writing‚ but what some fail to remember is that even the best writers can fall extremely short to writing excellent literary elements. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game‚” Richard
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With a broken heart I would like to announce that‚ Mirabeau B. Lamar‚ passed away on Monday‚ December 19‚ 1859‚ from a sudden heart attack in Richmond‚ Texas. Lamar was many great things during his lifetime‚ such as being a Texas politician‚ poet‚ soldier‚ and diplomat. Mirabeau was born August 16‚ 1798‚ in Louisville‚ Georgia. He was the son of father‚ John Lamar‚ and mother‚ Rebecca Lamar. He grew up in Fairfield‚ known as his father’s beautiful plantation near Milledgeville. As a young boy he
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The author is using imagery to portray his attitude towards justice. Such as when he says “When he beats his bars and he would be free.” This is saying the caged bird is beating his bars so he would be free which means‚ by imagery‚ that the bird is getting injustice to be able to be free. Also the way the author may look at injustice in this is a caged bird will never really receive justice. More evidence to show the way the author uses imagery to portray his attitude towards injustice is when in
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