The opening line of Swallow the Air immediately draws us into May’s story with its conversational tone: “I remember the day I found out my mother was head sick.” In the same paragraph strong emotive language positions us as readers to sympathise with May’s mother and her story: “…Mum’s sad emerald eyes bled through her black canvas and tortured willow hair.” In the next chapter the author further uses personal pronouns to position the reader (us) to identify with Aunty and her hilarious battle to
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expresses this well in his poem through the use of many poetic techniques. Omar uses a metaphor in the opening stanza‚ “My generation sat on the brim of the ocean waiting‚ waiting for the tide to bring something in”. This expresses that people are not getting involved in their life and aren’t willing to go looking to get the best in life‚ instead they are waiting for other people to do it for them. The metaphor “prime ministers slain” expresses the poet’s anger at politicians who make big promises
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poem speaks to the troubled half of life. In many ways one is reminded of Robert Frost’s “Acquainted With the Night‚” which conveys a deeper metaphor of depression in its surface-simple account of insomnia. “In A Dark Time” speaks volumes about the poem that will follow. Roethke relies on a single simile in this poem‚ although it is replete with metaphor. In the last stanza‚ he says his soul is “like some heat-maddened summer fly” buzzing on the windowsill. One can instantly picture the frantic
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topic discussed is dying metaphors. Orwell says‚ “A newly-invented metaphor assists thought by evoking a visual image‚ while on the other hand a metaphor which is technically "dead" has in effect reverted to being an ordinary word and can generally be used without loss of vividness.” If someone does not understand a metaphor because it is one that is not used anymore‚ it loses its effect and should not be used in writing or in propaganda (Orwell). A perfect example is the metaphor of the Hammer and the
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even stronger than a breakup because separation cannot eliminate feelings. The writer makes use of metaphors expressing love as a feeling of mind not just heart as young readers may see it. To Shakespeare love is an immortal felling that is similar to a mark on a person’s life. This sonnet has a simple and straightforward meaning. It is short‚ yet powerful with the perfect use of metaphors. If a partner suddenly becomes aware of impediments of the relationship they should not alter their
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An Unknown Girl In the poem ‘An Unknown Girl’‚ Moniza Alvi uses poetic techniques such as metaphors‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ repetition and similes in order to depict her struggles in rediscovering her cultural identity. Along with references to India and the scenery surrounding the narrator‚
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Few words about the author Born William Sidney Porter‚ this master of short stories is much better known under his pen name "O. Henry." He was born September 11‚ 1862 in North Carolina‚ where he spent his childhood. O. Henry’s stories are famous for their surprise endings‚ to the point that such an ending is often referred to as an "O. Henry ending." He was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. Both authors wrote twist endings‚ but O. Henry stories were much more playful and optimistic
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CHAPTER 2. Peculiarities of translation of stylistic devices in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.1. Main characteristics of translation of stylistic devices 2.1. Reproduction of simile in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.2. Reproduction of metaphor in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.3. Reproduction of epithets in the short stories by E.A.Poe 1.3.1. Simile . According to K. Ya. Lotots’ka simile is an imaginative comparison which is also called literary comparison.[27‚ p
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language. When a writer uses imagery‚ he/she gives the reader a sense of how something smells‚ tastes‚ sounds‚ feels or looks. Example: The old dog staggered down the road‚ dragging its back leg. A metaphor is an unlikely comparison between two things without using the words “like”‚ “as” or “than”. A metaphor can be one simple sentence or it can be extended throughout an entire stanza or poem (or used in prose). Example: Her rosebud lips pursed to kiss him. Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the
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July 23‚ 2012 Erich Sysak The Elements of Poetry There are many different‚ distinctive elements that make up a poem. However many or few can be used as necessary at any specific time by a writer. These parts of a poem consist of imagery‚ metaphors‚ rhyme‚ and structure. A few of these can be seen in Lewis Carroll’s‚ “Jabberwocky”‚ Craig Raine’s‚ “A Martian Sends a Postcard Home”‚ and R. S. Gwynn’s‚ “Shakespearean Sonnet”. These poems also offer examples of figurative language. According
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