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    accident through the collective nature of “we’re all” and the negative connotations of the word “hurting”. | |“That was the thing about my sisters‚ she’d become tough. It was like I hardly knew her anymore” (p29) |Characterisation of Kylie; simile; metaphor |Tom sums up Kylie’s negative transformation‚ a consequence of the accident with the metaphoric verb “tough” and the simile “like I hardly knew her anymore” which emphasises their changed relationship. | |“The clouds were out and a storm was threatening”

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    her only American skirt from her trunk at home. It shifts to her son sitting in the Yuba City School. The mood of the poem is that of anxiety and despair. An element of uneasiness makes the reader feel uncomfortable. Divakaruni uses‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ and symbols. The rhyme scheme is abc in the first stanza‚ abcdefg in the second stanza‚ alternating back to two abc’s ending in the last stanza with abcdefg. None of the words rhyme. Perhaps the author wishes the reader slow

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    Compare the ways poets show peoples relationships with nature in ‘Below the Green Corrie’ and one other poem you have studied. In the poem ‘Below the Green Corrie’ written by Norman MacCaig‚ the poem explores the way nature impacts on man as the poem is powerful and emotional. The large mountains give McCaig a spiritual and physical love for the landscape‚ he describes his life as being ‘enriched’. This shows that instead of being threatened by the mountains he has bonded with nature as it has

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    read so much music in the book and when read out loud it is literally music to your ears. The book almost flows as you read it and so makes it a joy to read. He uses a lot of literary devices to give you this sense of music and flow; onomatopoeia‚ metaphor‚ smiles and adjectives. In this passage‚ pages 5-6‚ Makine uses a vast amount of onomatopoeic words such as; ‘crunch’‚ ‘crackles’‚ ‘hisses’‚ ‘wail’‚ ‘whimperings’. He has them in the whole passage‚ as well as the book. Because of this Makine gives

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    uses this train metaphor to depict herself as a victimized Jew who is being taken away to a concentration camp. Plath uses allusions to describe her father as Hitler‚ as it is written “And your neat moustache / And your Aryan eyes‚ bright blue”. This use of allusion gives her father the image of Hitler himself and it helps build the metaphor of her father as a Nazi. As the poem progresses‚ Plath becomes more blunt where she depicts her father as a Nazi. She uses the metaphor of her father not

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    Allegory: Prose or verse in which the objects‚ events or people are presented symbolically‚ so that the story conveys a meaning other than and deeper than the actual incident or characters described. Often‚ the form is used to teach a moral lesson. Alliteration: An alliteration is a repetition of sounds (consonants) at the beginning of neighbouring words or of stressed syllables within such words‚ e.g. “fingers the small size of small spades.” Purpose: rhythm and stress. Anaphora: The anaphora

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    the amount of times the author chose to include the word “and” in sentences which did not mention the wolf. There are times in which it would be just as easy‚ if not easier‚ for the author to leave out the word “and”. For example‚ McCormac could have said: “he touched the cold‚ perfect teeth”. However‚ “and” was again squeezed in for the purpose of repetition. A possible reason for this is that the author wanted to give the reader the same feeling

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    Belonging The desire to belong is universal. Acceptance‚ understanding‚ establishing identity‚ relationships‚ choice‚ circumstance‚ culture context‚ nationalism‚ psychology motivations‚ jealousy‚ greed‚ racism‚ xenophobia (irrational fear of what is perceived to be foreign or strange)‚ desire‚ family group. Belonging: Identification‚ expectation‚ conformity‚ unity‚ familiarity‚ socialisation‚ connection‚ assimilation‚ inclusion‚ duty‚ religion‚ intrinsicality (genuineness)‚ relations‚ agreement‚

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    people in the church. The primary metaphor of this poem is religiously based in the sense people have determination to release their burdens with the desire of overcoming tribulations through prayer. Many smaller metaphors inside the poem leading the reader to believe there is faith veiled throughout. This metaphor is explained in this essay by many other small metaphors; Salt-stain is really tears‚ the vinyl is from the pews/benches in the church. How this metaphor references something manmade‚ the

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    making his point straight and clear. As a little boy that sees his surroundings as a prison he uses many poetic devices to prove or enhance his point. One of the variations used in this poem is a "simile" A simile is a figure of speech that‚ like metaphor‚ compares unlike things in order to describe something. Similes do not state that something is another thing‚ however. Instead‚ they compare using the word "like" or "as."On the very first line it says "Here are all the captivities; the cells are

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