1. Alliteration
• Definition
• Please provide an example from “Because I Could Not Stop for Death.”
• Briefly explain why you feel the use of alliteration is important in this poem.
Alliteration is when words are in a sequence that repeat consonant sounds. An example of an alliteration in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”, by Emily Dickinson, is in the line
“My Tippet – only Tulle” or the highlight of the w and s consonants, “We passed the School, where Children strove.” This line highlights the t’s consonant, the use of the consonant is important to add dramatic effect into the story. The use of alliteration is important in this poem because the different consonants within the story to make the story more theatrical. In this poem, the
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Personification is when an author gives human qualities to something that does not, such as a butterfly talking, or the trees singing... etc. An example of personification from “I Wandered Lonely as A Cloud” by William Wordsworth, is the line “the waves beside them danced; but they out-did the sparkling waves in glee.” The line refers to the waves dancing beside the starlight, which does not happen outside of this story.
3. Metaphor
• Definition
• choose a metaphor from “The Nymh’s Reply to the Shepherd”
• Briefly explain the significance of the metaphor and how it relates to the ideas in the poem
A Metaphor is when two different nouns are compared together without using the words like or as within the sentence. In “The Nymh’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh, Raleigh does use metaphors within his work but does not use like or as. An example of a metaphor is, “When the river rage, and rocks grow old.” Raleigh is comparing two related things, rivers and rocks, this is related to the idea of the poem because the Nymph does not want to be with the shepherd and relates this to the audience by repeating the process of metaphors within the poem.
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“Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare, uses many similes to be able to highlight the beauties of his love and how nothing is as beautiful as her. “And in some perfumes, is there more delight, than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know, that music hath a far more pleasing sound” this line describes how she is not perfect and she may not be the most beautiful woman, or the most pleasing to hear; she is perfect in every way to him because his love is true. 7. Repetition
• Definition
• Provide an example from “The Lamb”
• How does the use of repetition enhance the poem?
Repetition is when the author of a story repeats sayings or words to provide clarity to the work. In “The Lamb” by William Blake, have multiple repetitious phrases, such as “Little Lamb, who made thee?” The author repeats this phrase in every stanza, then answering the questions in between the lines going more in depth with each answer. This enhances the poem by making the audience want to know more, giving them insight to what the poem is truly about. 8. Symbol
• Definition
• Please provide an example from “The Tyger”
• Please explain what the symbol represents and how it helps with the meaning of the
There are multiple examples of visual imagery in this poem. An example of a simile is “curled like a possum within the hollow trunk”. The effect this has is the way it creates an image for the reader to see how the man is sleeping. An example of personification is, “yet both belonged to the bush, and now are one”. The result this has is how it creates an emotion for the reader to feel
7. The personification in the second stanza is that she gives poems the ability to hide and are waiting to be found. The author states that poems are hiding in the bottom of your shoes, and they are the shadows drifting across your ceiling before you wake up. This is personification because she gives the poems traits that only a living organism can possess.
Not only the words, but the figures of speech and other such elements are important to analyzing the poem. Alliteration is seen throughout the entire poem, as in lines one through four, and seven through eight. The alliteration in one through four (whisky, waltzing, was) flows nicely, contrasting to the negativity of the first stanza, while seven through eight (countenance, could) sound unpleasing to the ear, emphasizing the mother’s disapproval. The imagery of the father beating time on the child’s head with his palm sounds harmful, as well as the image of the father’s bruised hands holding the child’s wrists. It portrays the dad as having an ultimate power over the child, instead of holding his hands, he grabs his wrists.
The speaker uses the literary device of allegory as a large part of his poems message. He uses allegory to compare
The author use personification in the poem because he sees but things will be easier to explain if he uses figurative language. The metaphor comparing to things without using like or as like when she said in the poem ´´ Big ghost in a cloud´ ´ She used metaphor to give a better example of what she sees and what she sees Is cloud shaped as different animals or anything but in the poem she pretty much-seen cloud shaped as the ghost.
In conclusion, Dickinson's form helps the reader begin to comprehend the poem. Figurative language is one of the literary elements that Dickinson uses. to help convey hidden messages to the reader.
In the poem you can also find examples of sound devices; repetition and rhyme schemes. Repetition is when you use a word, phrase, or sound more than once. So, an example that we can find in the poem is "labels are not you and labels are not me". This quote can be a little confusing but it helps us understand that we should not let these labels separate us.
Throughout history, poets had experimented with different forms of figurative language. Figurative language allows a poet to express his or her meaning within a poem. The beauty of using the various forms of figurative language is the ability to convey deep meaning in a condensed fashion. There are many different figures of speech that a poet can use such as: simile, paradox, metaphor, alliteration, and anaphora. These examples only represent a fraction of the different forms, but are amongst the most well-known. The use of anaphora in a poem, by a poet, is one of the best ways to apply weight or emphasis on a particular segment. Not only does an anaphora place emphasis, but it can also aid in setting the tone, or over all “feel” a reader receives from a poem. Poets such as Walt Whitman, Conrad Aiken, and Frances Osgood provide poems that show how the use of anaphora can effect unity, feeling, and structure of a poem.
this poem. I believe it is mainly what the poem is about. To make the
That means, the approaches of poet’s love remain the same. In one place, he portrays beauty as conveying a great responsibility in the sonnets addressed to the young man. The poet has experienced what he thinks of as "the marriage of true minds," also known as true love, that his love remains strong, and that he believes that it’s eternal. Nothing will stop their love, as in the symbols like all the ships, stars and stormy seas that fill the landscape of the poem and so on what can affect to their love. The poet is too much attracted with the young man’s beauty, though this indicates to something really bad behavior. But in another place, Shakespeare makes fun of the dark lady in sonnet 130. He explains that his lover, the dark lady, has wires for hair, bad breath, dull cleavage, a heavy step, pale lips and so on, but to him, real love is, the sonnet implies, begins when we accept our lovers for what they are as well as what they are not. But other critics may not agree with this and to them, beauty may define to something
Sonnet 130 openly mocks the traditional love sonnets of the time. This is, perhaps, made most apparent through the use of subversive comparisons and exaggerated similes. The intention of a subversive comparison is to mimic a traditional comparison yet highlight the opposite purpose. Whereas his contemporaries would compare their love’s beauty to alabaster or pearls, Shakespeare notes, “If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun” (3), therefore intentionally downplaying the beauty of his mistress. Later he states, “...in some perfumes there is more delight / than in the breath that from my mistress reeks” (7-8). Both of these exemplify that Shakespeare ridicules the traditional love sonnet by employing the same imagery to convey opposite intentions.
An example of a metaphor is when Heaney describes the berries as a “glossy purple clot”. This smart use of an imagery and a metaphor at the same time gives an image of a ripe berry. There is also a smart use of a simile, “hard as a knot”, for the unripe berries. When Heaney says “hard as a knot”, it sounds rather short, sugge...
Edgar Allen Poe’s alliteration and repetition of words support the poem’s flow and musicality. Poe begins with the alliteration of the m sound in “merriment” and “melody” (3). The soft m sound, also known as a liquid consonant, helps to keep a quick and continuous pace for the poem. Similarly, the alliteration of the s sounds in sledges, silver, stars, and seem, emphasize the calming sounds of the bells (1-2, 6-7). The s sound helps express the soothing and comforting effects of the bells, essentially contributing to the merry tone of the poem. Furthermore, the alliteration of t...
This poem speaks of a love that is truer than denoting a woman's physical perfection or her "angelic voice." As those traits are all ones that will fade with time, Shakespeare exclaims his true love by revealing her personality traits that caused his love. Shakespeare suggests that the eyes of the woman he loves are not twinkling like the sun: "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" (1). Her hair is compared to a wire: "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head" (3). These negative comparisons may sound almost unloving, however, Shakespeare proves that the mistress outdistances any goddess. This shows that the poet appreciates her human beauties unlike a Petrarchan sonnet that stresses a woman's cheek as red a rose or her face white as snow. Straying away from the dazzling rhetoric, this Shakespearean poem projects a humane and friendly impression and elicits laughter while expressing a truer love. A Petrarchan sonnet states that love must never change; this poem offers a more genuine expression of love by describing a natural woman.
The words become a symbol of a slow moving river and as the reader travels along the river, they are also traveling through each stanza. This creates a scene where the viewer can turn words into symbols while in reality they are just reading text. Coleridge is also able to illustrate a suspension of the mind through imagery; done so by producing images that are unfixed to the reader.... ... middle of paper ...