a regular‚ repeated pattern of sounds or movements. Rhyme: a word agreeing with another in terminal sound. Rhyme scheme: the pattern of rhymes used in a poem. Sound devices: elements of literature and poetry that emphasize sound. End rhyme: rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry. Alliteration: stylistic device in which a number of words‚ having the same first consonant sound‚ occur close together in a series. Assonance: resemblance of sounds. Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word
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Femme Fatale or Victim Emma Bovary is a complex and intriguing character as the protagonist of Gustave Flaubert’s novel‚ Madame Bovary. Throughout the novel‚ Flaubert’s use of elaborate details and explicit dialogue lead to the question of whether Emma plays the role of a fierce femme fatale who caused the destruction of her husband and daughter‚ or that of the vulnerable victim‚ trapped by societal expectations and depression. Critics may claim that the novel supports the idea that Emma Bovary
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Zachary Linder Ms. Lichius AP Literature January 15‚ 2013 Introduction to Poetry In “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins‚ the major theme portrayed is that‚ poetry is something to be experienced. Very often‚ readers will just go through the poem once and will then assume to figure out the underlying meaning. However‚ this is not true in Collins’ eyes. Collins believes that you need to be patient with poetry and he tells you this through a series of metaphors. Throughout the poem‚ there
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Why is devotion such an important concept in the love poetry that you have read this semester? How do the poets whose work you have read this semester address the idea of devotion in their poems? Focus on at least two works and explain the ways in which the writers use figurative language and imagery to show
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The Poetry of Jose Rizal Jose Rizal is the Philippines’ national hero. He was an amazing polymath. One of the fields he excelled in is poetry. While other poets wrote out of sheer creativity‚ Rizal wrote mostly out of fervor for his motherland. Many other poets write or wrote for the fame or to please a patron. He always wrote under duress. He lived during the time of the corrupt colonial Spanish government. This is probably why there is such poignancy in his poetry. It is as though he longs for
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My Poetry Book By Hans Page 1– Table of Contents Page 2 – Thoughts on poetry Page 3 – Similes Page 4 – Metaphors Page 5 – Personification Page 6 – Apostrophe Page 7 – Hyperbole Page 8 – Onomatopoeia Page 9 – Internal rhyme Page 10 – Imagery Page 11 – Alliteration Page 12 – Autobiographical Poem Page 13 – Acrostic poem Page 14 – “This Is Just to Say” Poem Page 15 – My Favorite Poet(s) My thoughts on poetry My favorite poems are jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
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Victim or Victor Life presents many challenges. It is how those challenges are viewed and dealt with that can define us and thus predispose us to enjoy a happy‚ meaningful‚ and fulfilling life or to become defeated and simply exist. It is the person that chooses to accept that things just happen‚ and moves forward instead of blaming; in that case s/he are choosing life and ultimately love. Whereas the person that thinks s/he had some power to keep something from happening and blames him/herself
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Chantal Froystein Froystein 1 H English 102 Prof. Wyman March 4‚ 2013 Poetry Essay “Why I am not a painter” by Frank O’Hara and “Dedication” by Czeslaw Milosz could not be any more different on the surface‚ but they have several similarities especially when analyzed in the context of Emily Dickinson’s “Untitled”. In her poem‚ E.D. describes what a poet means to her—that they take ordinary situations and make them beautiful and when they do‚ we think how obvious it seems and then “We
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identification of factors which contribute a non-random pattern of their own victimisation‚ a focus on interpersonal crimes of violence and a concern to identify victims who may have contributed to their own victimisation.” (Marsh‚ I. Melville‚ G. 2009) the Main theories to arise from this perspective are victim precipitation‚ victim culpability‚ victim proneness and lifestyle. All these theories focus on patterns of victimisation. The lifestyle theory‚ “developed by Michael Hindelang‚ Michael Gottredson
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Victim Interview Events surrounding the crime. Victim parked their vehicle‚ a green 2003 Toyota Corrola‚ on the side of a Family Dollar in Fort Worth‚ Texas. Upon the victim’s arrival‚ she went into the store‚ leaving her car on because she would only be a second and she did not want her car to get cold again since it was early January. While she was in the store‚ the suspects pulled into the parking lot next to the victim’s vehicle. One suspect jumped in her vehicle and they both drove away
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