by exposing the terrible‚ atrocious conditions that soldiers faced as they were ravaged physically and psychologically by the exertions of war. Owen effectively communicates this central idea of the suppressed realism of war through the use of alliteration‚ metaphor‚ simile and other various techniques. In Owens poem Anthem for Doomed Youth he uses a synthesis of aural techniques designed to convey the central idea of the misconception of war. In the first line of the poem “What passing-bells for
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Gillian Clarke’s poem ’Cold Knap Lake’ centres on a childhood memory of a girl almost drowning in a lake in South Wales. The poet‚ with her parents‚ ’watched a crowd’ of people pull the girl out of the water. It seemed at first that they were too late: the girl’s lips were blue and she ’lay for dead’. The metaphor ’dressed in water’s long green silk’ tells us that she was covered in weeds from the lake. In the second stanza‚ Clarke describes her mother as a ’heroine’ as she knelt down to resuscitate
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English language by studying it. Using Beowulf as a base‚ the first change in language that becomes most obvious‚ is the change in grammar. We can see that the poem avidly incorporates figurative language including kennings and lots of alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of words beginning with consonant sounds‚ and kennings are metaphorical two-word phrases. By using these specific literary devices‚ the unknown author inspires vivid imagery‚ which today is captured mainly through simpler
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The poem Owl‚ written by George Macbeth is introduced with the title itself ‘Owl’ being the first word. Although it is an unusual way to start a poem it instantly captures the readers and has them immersed within the poem. At the end of the first stanza‚ there was a use of internal rhyming. “Mice. Twice”. It quickened the pace of the poem and reflects on the owl swift movements of the owl as he soars through the night‚ in search for his prey. It enhances the anticipation the readers are feeling
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sisters. For instance‚ the two words "days" (8) and "ways" (9) are rhyming together to show that Steinman’s sister is always standing beside her in every day and way helping and advising her. Eye-rhyme also is used in "ways" and "days". Alliteration is used in the two words "intuition" and "intelligent" (2) to reflect the sister’s awareness ‚ knowledge ‚and experience by which she benefits her sister. She is the advisor for her sister. Steinman uses a visual image in " you’ve been
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In Pied Beauty‚ Gerard Hopkins vividly portrays his love of things that are not perfect by his choice of words‚ his use or imagery and alliteration. One way that Hopkins vividly portrays his love of imperfections by his choice of words. For example "For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swims;" by that Gerard Hopkins said that the moles on the trout’s body or scales that he compared with a beautiful rose. We all know that moles sometimes can be ugly and hideous‚ but to Hopkins - he said
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| AND then I pressed the shell | | Close to my ear | | And listened well‚ | | And straightway like a bell | | Came low and clear | 5 | The slow‚ sad murmur of the distant seas‚ | | Whipped by an icy breeze | | Upon a shore | | Wind-swept and desolate. | | It was a sunless strand that never bore | 10 | The footprint of a man‚ | | Nor felt the weight | | Since time began | | Of any human quality or stir | | Save what the dreary winds
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"Attack" is a poem written in 1917 by Siegfried Sassoon while he was convalescing from his wounds in a hospital in Scotland. He was a soldier who fought in the First World War. Attack is a short‚ 13-line poem written in speech rhythm with some rhyme. The poem is described in a very vivid way which makes the reader think that the author himself witnessed the scene. The poem begins with the poet describing the setting of the poem. The landscape is in a battlefield where there are still remains of previous
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Incident in a Rose Garden speech Erica: My name is Erica Alfaro Sammy: My name is Sammy Camarena Cole: My name is Cole Chait Russell: And my name is Russell Medina Erica: The poem we were assigned was Incident in a Rose Garden and now Sammy will start to read or poem. Sammy: Sir‚ I encountered Death Just among our roses.
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that directly addresses an abstract quality‚ a nonhuman‚ or an individual that is not present Hyperbole Figure of speech that uses exaggeration for effect Onomatopoeia Figure of speech in which the sound of the word corresponds to its meaning Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds within words Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words Understatement Figure of speech that makes something seem less important or serious to emphasize
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