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 Greek philosopher Aristotle defines a tragic hero as “a person who must evoke a sense of pity and fear in the audience. He is considered a man of misfortune that comes to him through error of judgment and brings his downfall to evoke the feelings of pity and fear among the audience.” Michael Jackson fits that category as he was a young man who was born with incredible talent and promise‚ and achieved unimaginable success early in his life. Michael was a boy with a predicted glorious future‚ but
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external exams through an essay and worth 3 credits. Read it Say it out loud Talk about it Study it Think about it listen to it Write about it Enjoy it phmulqueen@papatoetoehigh.school.nz CONTENTS Introduction to the achievement standard How to approach a poem p3 How to annotate a poem p4 Writing about style and language p5 Sample NCEA questions with criteria p6 Poems from New Zealand Tihei Mauriora p8 Bred in South Auckland p9 Race Relations p10 Poems from the Pacific Fings
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‘Compare the treatment of love in some of the poems you have studied ’ Poem at Thirty-nine‚ My last Duchess‚ Remember‚ Anne Hathaway‚ Havisham On my first Sonne. Poets have written love poems for centuries with the first said to be around 1000BC. But what is love? It is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘ to have attachment to and affection for’. However‚ after studying various love poems‚ I have found that love is portrayed in many different ways. It can be possessive‚ hateful
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into poetry. Poetry in world war one are frequently taught in schools and universities. There has been over two thousand published poets who wrote about and during the war. However only a small portion are still known today. A selection of poets and poems emerged during the 1960s which often remains the standard in modern collection and distorts the impression of world war one poetry. A lot of soldiers during the war experience stress. A lot of them needed help for (PTSD). Most people who go through
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A tragic hero is a literary character of great virtue who has a fatal flaw that eventually leads to his downfall. What makes the character a tragic hero is a self-awareness and reversal of the tragic flaw that draws the empathy of the reader. In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is the tragic hero because of his indiscretion and his conceit to maintain his good name which leads to his demise and eventual death. One trait of a tragic hero is that the character must be noble
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Miri Frei American Politics 4/13/14 After they won the revolutionary war‚ the newly independent colonies had a new kind of battle ahead of them‚ setting up a new government to unite under. Their first attempt was the Articles of Confederation. This plan gave a lot of power to the states and did not set up a strong central government. It ultimately failed which caused the framers to hold another Continental Congress to decide on a new way to set up the government. From this was born our great Constitution
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John Proctor clearly fits the definition of a tragic hero‚ for many reasons. A tragic hero is a man of high position and John proves to be a man in high position in page 20 in the second paragraph‚ which states “Proctor‚ respected and even feared in Salem‚”. That line proves that he is respected and feared by some of the people in Salem. A tragic hero also has a flaw that is revealed and Proctor’s flaw is that he is a sinner in the eyes of the people in Salem. I know that fact because in the crucible
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American Voice Essay Many been asked who they think Americans are? How will you describe them? In my words i say Americans are brave‚ hard workers‚ and equal. American have came a long way from where they started made many accomplishments and will continue doing so. The American Voice is characterized by the theme of Hard workers‚ how they came along way from all the wars and changes they have made. This demonstrated in Patrick Henry poem entitled “ Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death” when he states
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American Dream or American Nightmare America and its people have upheld the concept of the “American Dream.” The meaning of this concept has changed and altered throughout the years. As stated in the Declaration of Independence‚ every man has the right to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Multitudes of movies and books have depicted their personal versions of this single ideology. All having a stereo typical‚ happily ever after ending‚ but is this so-called dream even possible. I believe
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