An Analysis of a Modest Proposal In A Modest Proposal‚ Swift vents his frustration at the laziness of Ireland’s politicians‚ the hypocrisy of the wealthy‚ the tyranny of the English kings and queens‚ and the poor quality in which the Irish people are living. While A Modest Proposal takes place during a period of time in which Ireland is almost totally under the rule of England‚ it also expresses Swift’s utter disgust at the Irish people’s seeming inability to mobilize on their own behalf. He is
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uses many literary devices to convey this. Edgar Allen Poe uses rhyme‚ repetition‚ and symbolism to show his different emotions and produce poems with themes of sorrow and regret. Poe’s use of structure emphasizes the way he uses repetition and rhyme in his poems and creates a mood of sorrow. For example‚ in the poem “To My Mother‚ it says‚ “Therefore by that dear name I long have called you—/You who are more than mother unto me‚/And fill my heart of hearts‚ where Death installed you/In setting
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In the second stanza‚ Sexton takes the reader back to the stone ages. She thumbs her nose at the exaggerated propaganda which claims that American mothers and wives are thriving. The home is reversed to “caves‚” the use of “skillets‚” and carvings” (9) mirror that the role of a woman has been limited to the kitchen and to the monotonous routine of everyday life. The analogy between rocky deserted caves and the witches’ homes is revealing. It decodes the early dwellers of such places. Primitive people
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Gatsby’s Dream though literary Devices The American Dream is something everyone wants to conquer in life. Something that is so hard‚ that not much people can say they successfully did. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald took place in the1920’s. He himself is a character in the book named Nick. The book revolves around a man named Jay Gatsby and his struggles to be with the love of his life to make it perfect. It is not complete without her and he tries to win her heart back. It’s a tragic
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Two lines of verse‚ usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme‚ forming a unit. Dactyl- A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or one long syllable. Elision- The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking. Enjambment- The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause. Epic- A long poem‚ typically derived from oral tradition‚ narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or
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2. Explain why this essay would be classified as formal or informal. (2 marks) 3. List and explain two examples of CARES techniques that the author uses to support the essay’s main point. (4 marks) 4. Provide examples for the following literary devices and explain their importance to the author’s message: metaphor‚ parallelism and rhetorical question. (6 marks) 5. Tomson Highway considers himself to be an ambassador for our country. Explain how Atticus Finch is an ambassador of hope and
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When I am old and not my original self‚ Please be understanding and be patient with me. When I spill the soup on my own clothes‚ And forget how to tie my shoelaces‚ Please think about how I had taught you‚ step by step‚ to tie your shoelaces. When you are tired of the words‚ which I am repeating‚ Please listen patiently and don’t interrupt me. When you were young‚ I had to repeat the same story again and again until you fell asleep. When I need you to shower me‚ Please don’t blame me. Do you remember
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Q. 1. Discuss W.B. Yeats as a modern poet. Answer:- William Butler Yeats‚ one of the modern poets‚ influences his contemporaries as well as successors‚ such as T.S. Eliot‚ Ezra Pound and W.B. Auden. Though three common themes in Yeats’ poetry are love‚ Irish Nationalism and mysticism‚ but modernism is the overriding theme in his writings. Yeats started his long literary career as a romantic poet and gradually evolved into a modernist poet. As a typical modern poet he regrets for post-war modern
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In William Yeats’ The Second Coming‚ the speaker shows his recognition of the degeneration of the world and turns the traditional biblical allusion of the Second Coming upside-down to incarnate his fear of what that degeneration might cause. The speaker imagines that the frightening state of current affairs will lead to a second coming of the messiah which will be far more gruesome than the first. The speaker uses figurative language and paradox in the first stanza to describe the injustice in the
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Summary of the Poem Stanza 1 .......Old men feel out of place in a land where everything heralds new life: young men with their nubile women‚ singing and cooing birds‚ spawning salmon and mackerel. Throughout the summer‚ animals and fish bring forth new generations. When life is busy reproducing itself‚ it neglects old men‚ whose bodies are nothing but monuments of what used to be--although their intellects do not age. Stanza 2 .......An old man is little more than wrinkled‚ drooping skin hanging
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