Examples of figures of speech in romantic poems In the poem “Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth ‚ “ the anchor of my purest thought” in line 109‚ the author uses a metaphor comparing the idea that nature makes the speaker feels safe and the role of memory and imagination as something pure. In the poem “Ozymandias” by Pershy Bissy Shelley‚ The hand that mock ’d them and the heart that fed in line 8‚ it is an instance of Synecdoche and Alliteration. The hand that mock ’d them makes reference
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Figures of Speech in "The Tiger" by William Blake In the poem "The Tiger"‚ the author‚ William Blake‚ is describing one of the most powerful and beautiful creatures and praising God’s work in the process by using symbols and different figures of speech. The figures of speech that are used are alliteration‚ metaphor‚ and anaphora. By using these certain figures of speech‚ Blake brings the focus to those things that he is so in awe of. Now‚ Just to give a quick background to the author‚ we go
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major themes of T.S.Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land” “The Waste Land” (1922) is one of the most outstanding poems of the 20th century written by the great master Thomas Stearns Eliot. The poem expresses with great power the devastation‚ decay‚ futility and despair of the civilization after World War I. In this essay I would like to comment upon the structure as well as the prevalent themes elaborated in the poem. The main themes of “The Waste Land” are : Eliot’s portrait of women‚ or
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often filled with harsh imagery – imagery of death‚ despair and degredation –they are often indicative of his own perceptions of the changing environment around him during his time of writing‚ and are therefore somewhat genuine and personal. The Waste Land attempts to explore the necessity of rejuvenation in a society that Eliot considers to be tarnished and displaced‚ and has thus created a delicate balance between portraying a war-torn society where “the dead tree gives no shelter” and “the dry
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WASTE MANAGEMENT.... -Waste management is the collection‚ transport‚ processing or disposal‚ managing and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity‚ and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health‚ the environment or aesthetics. Waste management is a distinct practice from resource recovery which focuses on delaying the rate of consumption of natural resources. All wastes materials‚ whether they are solid‚ liquid‚ gaseous
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Types of wastes : 1. Municipal Solid Waste Municipal solid waste (MSW) is generated from households‚ offices‚ hotels‚ shops‚ schools and other institutions. The major components are food waste‚ paper‚ plastic‚ rags‚ metal and glass‚ although demolition and construction debris is often included in collected waste‚ as are small quantities of hazardous waste‚ such as electric light bulbs‚ batteries‚ automotive parts and discarded medicines and chemicals. Generation rates for MSW vary from city
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Waste Minimization Techniques Mike Lancaster Green Chemistry Network Waste Treatment Cost of Waste PREVENT TREAT & DISPOSE DISPOSE Cost of Waste Legislation 1900 2000 1 Waste Minimization Techniques • • • • Prevention is better than cure Get it right at the R&D stage Chemists do not have all the answers! The answer lies within a multi-disciplinary team – – – – – chemists chemical engineers production business health‚ safety‚ environment specialists
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Plan 1. Figures of quantity: hyperbole; meiosis (litotes). 2. Figures of quality: metonymy (synecdoche‚ periphrasis‚ euphemism); irony. 3. Figures of contrast: oxymoron; antithesis. 4. Practical assignment Metonymy‚ another lexical SD‚ - like metaphor - on losing its originality also becomes instrumental in enriching the vocabulary of the language‚ though metonymy is created by a different semantic process and is based on contiguity (nearness) of objects or phenomena. Transference
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Current critical debate discusses contemporary poetry in terms of the Pound‚ Stevens or Williams’ era‚ forgetting T. S. Eliot‚ the poet who presided over the literary scenario for almost half a century. Eliot’s bookishness‚ political conservatism and religious leanings‚ together with the Modernist cultivation of an erudite‚ culturally charged idiom‚ have constituted a serious source of critical discontent. For the adepts of Marxist hermeneutics‚ his work came to represent “a privileged‚ closed‚ authoritative
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Day 1: “Beep beep”- Onomatopoeia “The air is still freezing cold. The sky is a perfect‚ pale blue. The sun has just risen‚ weak and watery-looking‚ like it has just spilled itself over the horizon and its too lazy to clean itself up. It’s supposed to storm later‚ but you’d never know”- Simile‚ foreshadowing “It’s Connecticut: being like the people around you is the whole point.”- Cliques “Are you excited? The big day. Opening night.”- Ironic “What’s the point of looking cute if you can’t
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