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    The Red Wheelbarrow

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    each of the four stanzas. “The Red Wheelbarrow” has no apparent rhyme pattern; however‚ there are several other literary devices found in Williams’ poem. One literary device Williams uses is alliteration. In lines 3‚ 5‚ 6‚ and 7 one can hear the consonant sound “w” or “wh” repeated. This use of alliteration gives the poem a soft sound In the third stanza Williams uses assonance when he repeats the “a” sound in the words “glazed‚” “rain‚” and “water.” This use of the literary device makes the stanza

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    Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy

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    using a powerful language‚ effective tones and different text structures. Carol Ann Duffy uses language very effectively to enhance the understanding and fluency of the poem. She uses alliterations such as “Greek God” “bride’s breath” to make the poem go fluently and she uses sibilance which is the alliteration with s’s like “soured‚ stank”. She also uses onomatopoeia “hissed” reason for this is to contact with the audience make the reader feel as they are in the poem. By all of these‚ she makes

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    We Real Cool

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    response from its reader. The first element that will be discussed is the language of the poem. Gwendolyn uses two classic language elements of poetry‚ rhyme and alliteration. Rhyme gives this poem its flow and rhythm. Brooks uses very simple rhymes. “We real cool. We left school” is one of four straightforward rhymes she employs. Alliteration provides the poem a particular sound. “Lurk late” and “Jazz June” are examples of the repetition of initial sounds used. The language that has been chosen in

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    Thomas illustrates how men should battle their death for the sake of a noble end. Thomas utilizes numerous literary devices which contribute to the mood of the poem‚ some of which are: sustained metaphor‚ repetition‚ parallelism‚ oxymoron‚ and alliteration. As a

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    Sympathy

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    "I know what the caged bird feels‚ alas"‚ the word alas is an expression of the grief and sadness the poet is going through. "When the sun is bright on the upland slopes‚ when the wind stirs soft through the springing grass" here the poet uses alliteration twice using the letters w and s. "And the river flows like a stream of glass" the poet uses a figure of speech which is a simile to compare the river with glass‚ the purpose of this simile is to enhance the beauty of river stream by comparing

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    Beowulf

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    was helpful for understanding why it was written the way it was‚ it sure made it easier. 2. Revisiting the text and looking at it more closely I noticed a lot more literary devices. The alliteration was hard to spot at first until I started reading it out loud. I recognized the patterns; the alliteration was a reoccurring literary device. The compounded words that I found seemed to be words that were used very often in those times because they were used so much in the text. It’s interesting because

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    analysis of poem

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    To analyze a poem stylistically‚ we can analyze the poetic device‚ which is usually deviation and foregrounding‚ that the poet used in the poem. The term foregrounding refers to an effect brought about in the reader by linguistic or other forms of deviation in the literary text (Leech‚ 1985).In poem‚ devices of foregrounding and deviation are always used to draw reader’s attention and impress the readers. In the aspect of deviation and foregrounding‚ there are some perspectives on the nature of poetic

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    The Laboratory

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    In The Laboratory‚ the courtesan chooses poison as her murder weapon. Poison is often the weapon of choice for female killers. It requires little or no physical strength to administer‚ and can be done secretly. It also leaves little evidence thus making it difficult to detect the culprit. We believe the act of murder is because of another woman that her lover is with and she feels physically inferior to her rival. We know this because she starts saying ‘What a drop! She’s not little‚ no minion like

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    emotions as it is the poets very first attempt at love exhibiting his feelings for Mary. The opening of the first stanza only shows how sudden and unexpected the feeling was as he was never ‘struck before that hour’. This is followed my sibilance alliteration ‘ so sudden and so sweet’ further emphasizing on the shock and bewilderment of the overwhelming feeling confirming it is a new experience. He uses his ‘heart’ as a symbol that she has ‘stolen’ completely ‘away’ however unknowingly. The paragraph

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    Literary Devices

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    1. Alliteration Alliteration is a literary device in which two or more consecutive words‚ or words that are nearby in the same sentence‚ start with the same letter. It is often used in poetry‚ literature‚ slogans‚ and other propaganda because it is usually impressive and memorable. For example‚ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 2. Assonance Assonance is the repetition of a pattern of similar sounds within a sentence. It is used to produce a form of rhyme throughout the whole

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