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    Furthermore Leah feels uneasy because her appearance is different to the people in China and she says‚ ‘I am a giant’. This example of internal monologue conveys to the audience that she doesn’t belong to China. By also using a metaphor with negative connotation‚ ‘giant’ the composer helps us understand her personal feelings. Additionally Leah doesn’t feel a sense of belonging with people living in China‚ and this is shown in the internal monologue ‘few young women looking curiously at her’. The word ‘curiously

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    Stephen Spender

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    were Rough" has as the focal point of the poem conveyed in the title itself. The verb ’keep’ with reference to the context of the poem implies "preventing". However‚ an analysis will bring to light that the verb’keep’ also has its own negative connotations as in the illegitimate "keep". Therefore it also indicates the deed of holding a person "illegally". The notion that the parents were obdurate on restraining the speaker from such company‚ implies that the speaker desired to befriend them. He portrays

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    T.S Eliot’s poem Journey of the Magi describes the physical quest of the three wise men‚ which correlates to the author’s own spiritual journey of conversion to the Christian faith. Through this concept‚ it is explored that the notion of journeys are constantly changing and the end product is not always what you expect. It also reveals how the experiences of the journey will affect ones perspective‚ as the persona’s emotions are never stable. The poem explores the themes of spirituality and death

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    Catching the Devil

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    Daniel Morcombe’s Cold Blooded Killer: His Criminal Past By Rose Tommo Kate Kyriacou‚ David Murray‚ Renee Viellaris and Peter Hall wrote a 16-page feature article in The Courier Mail about Daniel Morcombe’s disappearance and Brett Cowan’s past. This commentary is focusing on Brett Cowan’s past and how he might have been ‘Born Evil’. The article creates representations of issues‚ people and places‚ particularly the issue of child abuse both sexual‚ physical and mental‚ and that past history should

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    London-Analysis[Blake]

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    LONDON - WILLIAM BLAKE The poem that I have selected to comment on is “LONDON’’ by William Blake. London is a poem by William Blake published in Songs of Experience in 1794. It is one of the few poems in Songs of Experience which does not have a corresponding poem in Songs of Innocence.. This work is dedicated to the analysis of the poem and the importance of the poem in Blake’s life. PERSONAL ANALYSIS OF THE

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    War Is Kind Analysis

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    the battle field. In doing so‚ the speaker uses a variety of word choice which carry negative connotation. The speaker of the poem uses diction such as wild‚ little‚ die‚ yellow‚ raged and much more. All of which to a certain extent‚ carry negative connotation. Readers read such diction in a poem and expect that the whole poem will be negative. Words like “die” and “raged” seldom carry positive connotations. These are words that are used to describe unwanted or unnecessary emotions. This is another

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    Crossing the Swamp

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    The struggle has been so lengthy that it has even begun to wear on the bones and joints in his body. Imagery is used to give the readers feeling of disgust and sorrow. Words such as "mud‚" "dark blurred / faintly belching bogs" give a negative connotation and make people think of darkness‚ specifically‚ the darkness’s in life. The second portion of the poem brings up the idea that one should have hope that after the struggle‚ everything will work out for the better. "I feel / not wet so much as

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    Pit and the Pendelum

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    diverse styles of diction to impact the reader’s mood in different ways. The connotations of negative words affect the reader’s attitude in a pessimistic manner. “Sick unto death with that long agony” (Poe 4). When Poe begins the narrative‚ the narrator is in a negative mindset. This aids the audience in getting a feel for what the narrator is actually feeling throughout the course of the narrative. The negative connotation of diction also assists the readers when picking up on the mood of the anecdote

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    5.5. Food for foreshadowing ’Stirring Jam "and its ’bubbles’ foreshadow the consequences of the leaking of once hidden family secrets. Lemon juice and tangerine make symbolic references to the hidden trauma Estha experiences after the nasty incident with the " orange lemon drink man’. ’ The jam stirring becomes a boat-rowing" (196) foreshadows his attempt to cross the river and the tragedies that follows‚ especially the death of Sophie Mol. The very "jam stirring" also befalls as

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    heritage. “I stare at the photograph.” Skrzynecki is a second-generation migrant; therefore his sense of belonging is clouded by a heritage he is estranged in contrast to Peter’s parents. The postcard “haunts” the persona creating the negative connotation of fear. This suggests that through not understanding the postcard he cannot identify with it. “Warsaw‚ Old Town‚ I never knew you” Stanza two encapsulates the persona’s detached attitude. The utilisation of imagery is generic‚ “Red buses on a bridge”

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