In Frances Cornford’s “The Watch”‚ the narrator uses internal alliteration and rhyme to work throughout the poem to strengthen its meaning. The narrator is very sick in the poem. The narrator uses several instances of internal alliteration and rhyme to emphasize the illustration of the pain caused by his illness that he is facing. In the first line of the poem‚ internal alliteration is used to describe the setting. The narrator says‚ “I wakened on my hot‚ hard bed” (468). When read aloud‚ these words
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in a cage and is also is tired and weak. He tries desperately to escape‚ so he paces back and forth as a way of saying he won’t be tamed. Rilke uses symbolism and alliteration to get this theme across. When he is talking about the iron bars‚ it symbolizes the lack of freedom. He shows how small and contained he is through alliteration. When he says “cramped circles” and “powerful soft strides”. We see it as shift in the panther when it decides to open his eyes in the third stanza‚ feeling a strong
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Louise Glück: Vita Nova Surely spring has been returned to me‚ this time not as a lover but a messenger of death‚ yet it is still spring‚ it is still meant tenderly. (Last stanza of “Vita Nova’’) This first poem “Vita Nova‚” in her book introduces the theme: loss‚ and hopelessness‚ “with the pathos of suffering” as Tony Hoagland’s complex depictions of Glück’s poetics indicate. Even in the appearance of spring‚ there is no happiness; it comes as a “messenger of death.” In “Unwritten Law‚” we
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In the poems “Identity”‚ by Julio Noboa Polanco‚ and “The Road Not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost‚ there are many prime examples of alliteration‚ repetition‚ rhyme‚ and rhythm. To begin with‚ “Identity” uses repetition by repeating the words “I’d rather be” in stanzas two‚ four‚ and the beginning and end of stanza five. The poem “The Road Not Taken” uses repetition by starting lines: two‚ three‚ and four with “and” in stanza one‚ “and” in line seven‚ line eleven starts with “and”‚ line twenty also starts
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rhetorical strategies that can be found are alliteration‚ assonance‚ and cacophony. The major rhetorical strategy that Scheffing used was alliteration. The use of alliteration by Scheffing serves to be quite effective in email because it allows her to point out the use of rhetorical strategies by Wilson in his essay. An example of alliteration used by Scheffing is‚ "A number of examples are obvious through the first few paragraphs of the essay" (1). The alliteration can be seen in the words "first" and
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Mr. Dengler English 1020 Gluck’s use of Imagery in “Mock Orange” Mock Orange by Louise Gluck appears to be about a powerful dislike for sex on the part of the speaker. The author’s negative perception and bitterness towards sex sets the tone and introduces other issues. Looking closer at the images reveals the deeper issue to be with being loved by another. Gluck portrays the light of the night‚ the act of sex‚ and the lasting disgust after sex‚ by quickly getting to the point. The first
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In Louise Gluck’s poem‚ “The School Children‚” Gluck focuses on the difficulty that mothers face when their children leave and the success they desire from within their children. The poem essentially depicts the power struggle between mothers and teachers‚ as the mothers try and protect their children from the outside world‚ while the teachers expose them to reality. Gluck utilizes biblical allusions‚ negative connotations‚ and fragmented imagery to portray the war over control for children between
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In the poem titled “The School Children” by Louise Gluck‚ the author utilizes an industrious tone and the symbol of the apple to establish the understanding that it is hard to maintain individuality in a society where one is expected to conform to the masses. Continuing to conform can only lead to a loss of one’s sense of self. In the first line of the poem‚ the speaker states‚ “The children go forward with their little satchels” (Gluck). The term “satchels” is used in this line and is a small bag
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Epithalamium Nick Laird The New Yorker January 24th‚ 2011 You’re beeswax and I’m bird shit. I’m mostly harmless. You’re irrational. If I’m iniquity then you’re theft. One of us is supercalifragilistic. If I’m the most insane disgusting filth you’re hardly curiosa. You’re bubble wrap to my fingertips. You’re winter sleep and I’m the bee dance. And I am menthol and you are eggshell. When you’re atrocious I am Spellcheck. You’re the yen. I’m the Nepalese pound. If I’m homesteading you’re radical
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imagery of the father having a harsh life. The speaker describes his father’s back “blueblack cold‚” and his hands as “cracked hands that ached / from labor‚” which also implies the father does physical labor for work (2‚ 3-4). Thus‚ the speaker uses alliteration to show the harshness of his father’s life‚ choosing “cold‚” “cracked‚” and “ached” and implies that the family is poor due to the father’s low quality work (2‚ 3‚ 3). Afterward‚ the speakers says at the end “No one ever thanked him‚” making the
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