What pieces of literature have you been reading lately? How are the pieces of the poems or packets of short stories you read, affected you emotionally? There are some poems and short stories that are interesting. However, the most interesting poems that make you feel something in a way, is called “Vow “ and “Macavity: The Mystery Cat”. The poem Vow, is from a prisoner's point of view of how they survived and what struggles they faced, while in the poem, Macavity: The Mystery Cat, is about a cat named Macavity, a neglected and smart mysterious cat criminal, and how he is very clever to leave any evidence of his crime. Both poems would not be the same if it were not for the fact of the uses of literary devices to bring out specific emotions within
Such a mischievous cat! Macavity: The Mystery Cat let alone is a mystery, with tons of word to the poem, it could not be hard to depict it, right? A number of words in the poem grew higher as from the poem Vow from before. Still, even so, the poem has not lost its intriguing tastes. The poem has yet to tell me about Macavity, even so, is a mystery to the reader itself. Macavity: the Mystery Cat is a poem about a cat that is a neglected and clever criminal mastermind, who never gets caught in his crimes. Some parts of the poem are downright shocking, while others are simply frustrating and
; His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed; His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed. ; He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake; And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake. “ The way the quote was described by the author, gives the reader certain viewpoint and emotions in the story, such as sadness and anger, because of the way the author uses certain types literary devices in the poem to describe how Macavity was treated. The literary devices were used to give the additional charm to the poem Macavity: The Mystery Cat. The literary devices used in the poem was a simile, rhyming couplets, imagery, and rhyme. A simile is used to compare two unlike things using like or as in the poem. Rhyming Couplets are a pair of rhyming lines that usually have the same meter and length. The Rhyme is the repetition of the sounds at the end of the words, while imagery
To sum up, the use of imagery by Edgar Allan Poe in his stories results in his stories being very poignant. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Poe describes the catacombs
In this poem called “Creatures” by the author Billy Collins there is a literary device called a metaphor when the reader is reading this poem. A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as. In lines one (1) through...
The poem opens upon comparisons, with lines 3 through 8 reading, “Ripe apples were caught like red fish in the nets/ of their branches. The maples/ were colored like apples,/part orange and red, part green./ The elms, already transparent trees,/ seemed swaying vases full of sky.” The narrator’s surroundings in this poem illustrate him; and the similes suggest that he is not himself, and instead he acts like others. Just as the maples are colored like apples, he
Both “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe share some themes that are relevant to each other and also relevant to my life as well. For example, one of the themes that they both share that is also relevant to my life is romanticism. In both of these poems the men both show how much they loved their loved ones by continuously mourning for them. I can relate this situation to my life because I know exactly how they felt because I was very sad when my great grandmother pas...
Furthermore, Poe’s plot development added much of the effect of shocking insanity to “The Black Cat.” To dream up such an intricate plot of perverseness, alcoholism, murders, fire, revival, and punishment is quite amazing. This story has almost any plot element you can imagine a horror story containing. Who could have guessed, at the beginning of the story, that narrator had killed his wife? The course of events in “The Black Cat’s” plot is shockingly insane by itself! Moreover, the words in “The Black Cat” were precisely chosen to contribute to Poe’s effect of shocking insanity. As the narrator pens these he creates a splendidly morbid picture of the plot. Perfectly selected, sometimes rare, and often dark, his words create just the atmosphere that he desired in the story.
for dark, mysterious, and bizarre works of fiction. His works sometimes reflected his life experiences and hardships he tried to overcome. Examples of the troubles in his life include alcoholism, having his works rejected over and over, being broke, and losing his family, even his beloved wife to tuberculosis. There is no wonder why his works are so dark and evil, they were taken from his life. A theme is defined as the major or central idea of a work. Poe’s short story, “The Black Cat”, contains six major themes that are discussed in this paper. They include the home, violence, drugs and alcohol, freedom and confinement, justice and judgement, and transformation.
The first literary device that can be found throughout the poem is couplet, which is when two lines in a stanza rhyme successfully. For instance, lines 1-2 state, “At midnight, in the month of June / I stand beneath the mystic moon.” This is evidence that couplet is being used as both June and moon rhyme, which can suggest that these details are important, thus leading the reader to become aware of the speaker’s thoughts and actions. Another example of this device can be found in lines 16-17, “All Beauty sleeps!—and lo! where lies / (Her casement open to the skies).” These lines not only successfully rhyme, but they also describe a woman who
The cause and effect relationships in “The Tell-Tale heart” by Edgar Allen Poe and “The Monkeys Paw” by W.W Jacobs create a feeling of suspense. Others should care because; these stories show the reader that one should live a life without reacting on bad thoughts and greed. It also shows the reader that do something bad could be a lifelong effect. These are great stories about crime, death, and love. The characters in these stories are left with deadly secrets and a feeling of loneliness, not knowing if they will see their loved ones again, or face what they have done and move
Grief, revenge, and unsurpassed sorrow. Few authors can replicate these feelings as well as Edgar Allan Poe. “The Raven”, “Lenore”, and “Annabel Lee” all refer to an instance where the narrator is grieving over a lost loved one.
The idea of losing a loved is a powerful emotion and one that virtually every person can relate to. It was with this concept in mind that Edgar Allan Poe crafted his classic narrative poem “The Raven.” For some, poetry acts as a means to express different ideals, either social, intellectual, or philosophical. For Edgar Allan Poe, poetry was at its best when it conveyed beauty through the expression of simple yet powerful emotion. In Poe’s mind, there was no purer manifestation of poetic beauty than the deep emotion felt from the loss of a beloved woman. Is with this in mind the Poe employs setting, tone, and symbolism to relate the powerful emotion of never-ending despair to connect with his audience in the classic poem “The Raven.”
In each poem the author uses the literary devices of personification, description, and dialogue to develop their subject or theme. The imagist poems, although all very short and to the point, use a literary device to help the poem develop overall. Edgar Allen Poe uses the devices to show the slow progression of the speakers descent into madness and insanity.
...at the hands of his master. The mutilation of its eye, hanging it to death from a tree and killing his wife, which had shown the cat love. There are two interpretations you can take away from this story, the logic of guilt or supernatural fantasy. Which conclusion will you take?
The image of the cat clawing at the reeds stands out the most. A person reading this poem can envision the cat clawing the reeds and screaming as the young boys hold it under the water bringing the cat closer and closer to death with each passing moment. The purpose that the young girl tries to explain is that she understands the way young boys are and that they do not love anything.
Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, "The Black Cat," is a disturbing story that delves into the contrasts between reality and fantasy, insanity and logic, and life and death. To decipher one distinct meaning presented in this story undermines the brilliance of Poe's writing. Multiple meanings can be derived from "The Black Cat," which lends itself perfectly to many approaches of critical interpretation.
The poem contains three stanzas of nine lines, all with the same form, and has a rhyming scheme of AABBCCDDD. The first six lines of each stanza have alternating pentameter and tetrameter, with the seventh being a tetrameter, and the last two being pentameters. Although the poem does not have irregular lines or stanzas, the complexity of the alternating meters marks a noticeable difference to other forms of poetry that do not have a similar scheme. Despite the uniformity of these alternating meters in relation to their stanzas and the overall poem, this might be considered a characteristic of metaphysical poetry. “The Flea” takes on an argumentative form, which is another characteristic of metaphysical poetry, and it is supplemented by the speaker’s use of ironic wit and analogies to religion and marriage.