Figurative Language In Those Winter Sundays
Poetry englobes everything all Masterpieces together can convey, from visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile and gustative senses to emotions puzzled in the poet’s choice of words, in a way to tell a story and touch the audience. They use many techniques in their poems through which they deliver their message, but the musicality they adopt when writing plays a major role on the pathos aspect that captivates the readers and the listeners. While “Those Winter Sundays”, “Still I Rise” and “Daddy” all share the same free verse form to explore the theme of Dominance vs. Submission, they employ an array of literary devices and figurative language supported by different sound devices to highlight important elements of emotions.
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“Those Winter Sundays” uses consonance in mainly the first half of the poem. The use of the “k” sound in “blueblack cold” (2), “cracked … ached” (3), “weekday” (4) and “banked…thanked” (5) brings roughness and friction to the words through which the author highlights the toughness of life. In contrast, “Daddy” mainly overuses assonance throughout all the poem, in words such as “do” (1), “shoe” (2), “Achoo” (5), “you” (6), “blue” (12), in addition to other similarly-sounding words. These soft sounds emphasize the weakness of author Sylvia Plath in front of her father’s strength to show her desire to escape the patriarchy and the dominance of her father. Furthermore, word repetitions stand out in Plath’s poem. The repetition of words such as “Jew” (32-35, 40), “wars” (18) and “Ich” (27) creates an insight to the Holocaust where Nazis represented by the word “Ich”, originating from German, designate the Father, “Jews” symbolize the author whereas the “wars” show their turbulent relationship. Likewise, “Still I Rise” uses the sound element in the repetitions of certain words that create a certain meaningful musicality. The phrases “I rise” (30, 32, 36, 38, 41-43) and “I’ll rise” (4, 12, 24) craft the insistence of the oppressed with their will to change the reality of things. Author Maya Angelou narrates the story of the oppression she suffered from in her life, in addition to her success in overcoming the persecution through these
All three poems portray …show more content…
“Those Winter Sundays” uses consonance in mainly the first half of the poem. The use of the “k” sound in “blueblack cold” (2), “cracked … ached” (3), “weekday” (4) and “banked…thanked” (5) brings roughness and friction to the words through which the author highlights the toughness of life. In contrast, “Daddy” mainly overuses assonance throughout all the poem, in words such as “do” (1), “shoe” (2), “Achoo” (5), “you” (6), “blue” (12), in addition to other similarly-sounding words. These soft sounds emphasize the weakness of author Sylvia Plath in front of her father’s strength to show her desire to escape the patriarchy and the dominance of her father. Furthermore, word repetitions stand out in Plath’s poem. The repetition of words such as “Jew” (32-35, 40), “wars” (18) and “Ich” (27) creates an insight to the Holocaust where Nazis represented by the word “Ich”, originating from German, designate the Father, “Jews” symbolize the author whereas the “wars” show their turbulent relationship. Likewise, “Still I Rise” uses the sound element in the repetitions of certain words that create a certain meaningful musicality. The phrases “I rise” (30, 32, 36, 38, 41-43) and “I’ll rise” (4, 12, 24) craft the insistence of the oppressed with their will to change the reality of things. Author Maya Angelou narrates the story of the oppression she suffered from in her life, in addition to her success in overcoming the persecution through these