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    Ciardi uses symbolism‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ and imagery when comparing his marriage to an arch. The theme illustrates that marriage can be an ideal‚ happy‚ blissful union. Ciardi shows how he and his spouse are “two weaknesses that lean into a strength” (5)‚ and how‚ when partners act alone‚ “what’s strong and separate falters” (10). When first reading “Most Like an Arch This Marriage”‚ I truly didn’t understand most of the meanings behind the similes and metaphors and therefore I really wasn’t as

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    The island is smaller compared to America‚ it therefore could be more vulnerable‚ as it is quickly effected by the storm‚ which could be a metaphor in itself. “The Storm” is arranged in a more disorganised fashion than the latter‚ to describe the huge mess the storm creates. Both uses of length are good for effect‚ and both also make good impact for suspense and tension. Both vary in sentence

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    The poem Valentine is written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the Poem she shows the positive and negative sides about love by comparing love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as language features such as metaphors‚ simlies‚ Imagery and word structure. All these techniques make it interesting because she uses an onion as a girft to represent love and relationships. In the begining of the poem Duffy starts off with a negative in opening line. "Not a red rose or a satin

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    in the beginning is there actually a reference to a metaphysical metaphoric object. The rest of the story is only about the physical properties of the metaphor and its affect physical effects on the populace of the community. The writer relies upon the reader to make his own inferences about his written words. As opposed to integrating the metaphors into his writing. Like ’visible’? What exactly is visible or not? What does it symbolize?

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    in “The Last Night that She Lived” by Emily Dickinson. In the beginning (lines 1-20)‚ the reader sees the speaker feeling pain and being aware of the woman’s death. In lines 21- 28 the speaker shows feelings of guilt but also respect. The use of metaphors‚ similes‚ caesuras‚ oxymoron‚ repetition‚ and syntax all lead to the overall tone for this poem: despair. A prominent topic throughout the poem is the inevitability of the woman’s death. Lines 2-4 are a good representation of this. Words such

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    “Like i’m gonna lose you‚” by Meghan Trainor‚ is filled with multiple literary devices. This song was one of many others on the top hits in 2015. The song “Like i’m gonna lose you is filled with mostly three main literary devices which is similies‚ metaphors‚and personifications. This song is about how they felt that their love wasn’t going to last‚ but they are holding onto those last moments with each other. One of the similes in the song is “I found myself dreaming in silver and gold like a scene

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    with bewildered Theodoric. The effect is quite ironic. The author uses a wide spectrum of stylistic devices to produce a comical effect‚ to appeal to our imagination‚ to emphasize differences between characters. 1) Personification is a kind of metaphor in which animals‚ plants‚ inanimate objects or abstract ideas are represented as if they were human beings and possessed human qualities. Theodoric regards the mouse as ‘the intruder’. Animal is treated as a human being‚ for Theodoric this harmless

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    mesmerised by the Garden’s (woman) setting‚ because it is metaphorically abnormal yet unusually attractive. This draws the fish in‚ as seen by the fish’s ‘behaviour’. Douglas makes a good example of imagery‚ using it to further expand the continuous metaphor in a peculiar way. By using the vastness of the sea‚ filled with fish of all backgrounds‚ Douglas makes the poem seem quite vast but also profoundly multicultural and universal. The typicality of it all is that the fish’s all have a common desire

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    blossom into a "musical bible whose texts I knew by heart" that is why I have put a book in my visual representation and the book is named bible. This is a metaphor that emphasises the importance of Keller’s phrasings to Paul as they are referred to as a “musical bible”‚ displaying the importance of Keller in Paul’s life. It is through this metaphor that the composer conveys the significance of the loving bond between Paul and Keller to Paul in his development. Thought out the novel peter Goldsworthy

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    that our society has been culturally brainwashed. Therefore‚ Postman has given us seven key elements of critical thinking to help us understand the English language and avoid the manipulation of language: definition‚ questions‚ simplicity of words‚ metaphors‚ reification‚ style and tone‚ and the non-neutrality of media. Postman’s first principle is that a definition is only a means of helping us achieve our goals. Definitions do not have the power to stop us from achieving our purposes. Definitions

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