not guaranteed. If I Could Tell You by W. H. Auden is a villanelle much like others using rhyme‚ repetition‚ and meter‚ that revolve around the main idea of the continuity time and its unforeseeable nature. The rhyming of the alternating ending lines‚ “Time will say nothing but I told you so” (1) and “If I could tell you I would let you know” (3) keep the rhyme scheme which stays on the central themes. “Time will say nothing but i told you so” shows that time keeps going‚ because this is a statement
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Mr. Willard Sept 16‚ 2010 “ IF I COULD ONLY HAVE THREE WISHES”…. If I could find something/someone who could grant me three wishes I would have many thoughts going through my mind. It would be a great‚ yet very indecisive moment. I would have to think of what that wish can do to my future‚ if it would make it better or make it a bad future that no one would like to have. My 1st wish would be to have a great future not only me but my family as well‚ because I know that by wishing that my next
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"If I Could Tell You" Analysis In "If I Could Tell You" W.H. Auden uses personification‚ repetition and imagery in order to prove the point; you must live your life like you do not have time left. Auden gives a vast setting over all. There are two main characters; Auden and time. The dialogue is in first person and he is speaking to some one he cares about. Auden uses personification to give life to time. This shows how time is the keeper of our destiny. He personifies time because he does not
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Irony: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Of the four soldiers wandering behind enemy lines after the Battle of the Bulge‚ Billy Pilgrim is the least soldierly and least likely to survive. He’s the only one who survives. He also survives the incineration of Dresden‚ not bad for an unfit prisoner of war. He is also the lone survivor of an airplane crash. Edgar Derby is tried and executed for plundering
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Irony moving the story forward To keep a reader intrigued and interested in what you are writing is a secret. That secret to success is not much of a secret at all‚ its all about keeping the story consistent and flowing naturally with transitions. You don’t want a long boring ol story making your audience sleep‚ a humours‚ suspenseful‚ full of ironic scenes would be sure to keep a reader on there feet wanting to see what will happen next. Authors use a box full of tools which contain literally
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If I could go anywhere in the world I would want to go to California. In California I would walk The Walk Of Fame‚ and see all of the famous people’s names engraved on the stars in the walkway.Then I would go to Disneyland and ride all of the fun and crazy rides. Then would‚ of course shop in all of the popular stores in L.A. Fame is a sidewalk in Hollywood‚ California that has gold stars engraved into it with names of people who either are famous or were once famous. I have went before a few summers
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I was at the medical centre on Friday for my monthly check-up. After three long years‚ Im finally expecting another baby. It has been a long wait. Every month‚ my hopes were raised as high as a tsunami wave‚ but each time they crashed down on me‚ thirty-six times in all. I felt as if God was punishing me but I wished that He would punish me more severely in another way. One thousand days passed before a little seed grew inside me. A lady with a big belly came in after me. She took a clear plastic
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each other through machines for a long period of time ‚ so instead of being independent people become dependent but on machines ! (Volpi D.2012) -some people claim that technology helps them multitask and keep matters in order for instance ‚ one could chat using a cell phone while cooking or reading a book. However technological devices emit an (electromagnetic field) which contains electrical signals ‚ those signals are the same ones emitted by the brain to send and receive signals form the rest
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------------------------------------------------- Because It Is Running By The story “Because It Is Running By” is about the meeting between Wil and the girl Edie. Wil lives with his mother in the country where they have their B&B to make money. They live in the kitchen and rent the living room out. Wil’s mother hires the girl Edie over the summer to help with the B&B. This story is about the fact that people always have the dilemma whether to stay or leave. Wil decides to hang about
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