Poetic Sound Devices Practice “Poetry is old‚ ancient‚ goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.” Confound the cats! All cats--away— Cats of all colors‚ black‚ white‚ gray; By night a nuisance and by day— Confound the cats! All cats‚ always. I dreamed a dream next Tuesday week‚ Beneath the apple-trees; I thought my eyes were big pork-pies‚ And my nose was Stilton cheese. Big Balloons Bounce into the
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Natural disasters have always devastated human lives miserably. Be it an earthquake‚ hurricane‚ flood‚ tsunami or any other kind. The human life in the worse affected area reaches to a zero. Almost everything from food‚ clothing and shelter to the luxuries are to be restored from scratch. Series of scams and frauds that follow any natural disaster compel me to think ‘if natural disasters are really an act of God or man?’ Though economists keep studying the affects of natural disasters from an
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forth in his work coupled with the repeated tragedies in his life makes me want to believe this essay was satirical in nature and to have a laugh at those too unwitting to realize it. Assuming that the essay is not a hoax‚ what is Poe’s preferred poetic composition? And in what ways does “The Raven” portray this easily fit cookie-cutter format? When Poe wills his writing to take wing it has three perches on which it likes to alight before allowing the winds to keep it aloft. His writing’s first
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The Blues is a musical form and genre‚ which originated in South America within the African-American communities. It originated near the end of the 19th century‚ and was rooted from spirituals‚ work songs‚ field hollers (which are very similar to work songs‚ but some do not have lyrics)‚ shouts and rhymes. The blues form in jazz‚ rhythm and blues and rock and roll; and each is characterised by a specific chord progression‚ the most common being the twelve bar blues. The blues notes‚ are played or
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Edward Baugh. In sustaining your interpretation‚ you should explain the ways in which the writer’s use of poetic conventions (including literary devices) helps to reinforce the theme. The poem Yard-Boy was written by Edward Baugh‚ who is a well known Caribbean poet. His use of different poetic conventions are evident throughout the poem. Poetic conventions are. Some examples of poetic conventions used in the poem are metaphor‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ imagery‚ allusion‚ euphemism‚
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An Analysis of Aristotle’s Poetics A square may be a rectangle‚ but a rectangle may never be a square. This idea is not complex‚ however when it is applies in Aristotle’s Poetics to the Greek Epics and Tragedies‚ it is suddenly not only applicable in an arithmetic context‚ but it gives a relevant and true breakdown of the commonalities and different components within these genres of literature. Within these poetics‚ Aristotle explicates the difference between an Epic and a Tragedy and defines
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Discuss the Structure of ‘Refugee Boy’ by Benjamin Zephaniah Refugee Boy is a story about a 14-year-old boy named Alem Kelo born in Africa. Benjamin Zephaniah uses Alem as an example of how badly treated refugees are and how it is possible for us to treat them better if we treat them like normal people. In the beginning of the novel Alem’s father took him to London for what Alem thought would be a holiday. Leaving his mother at home‚ his father actually planned to leave Alem in London believing
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bias (I was aware it existed‚ but didn’t know it had an official name)‚ but I fully feel that it is more common than we could imagine. This isn’t one of the topics of conversation as outline below but I will use a current event as an example. The refugee crisis in Europe‚ many people say that they have nothing against these displaced peoples‚ but how many people would actually be willing to allow hundreds‚ thousands‚ or even hundreds of thousands of refugees into America and into their daily lives
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Baby Blue”‚ Bob Dylan uses the literary technique of repetition to make the point that nothing will ever be the same again. He repeats‚ “And it’s all over now‚ Baby Blue”‚ at the end of every stanza and uses it to embed in the readers’ minds that changes must occur and there must be a new way to live. For example‚ Dylan states‚ “Look out the saints are comin’ through And it’s all over now‚ Baby Blue” (lines 5-6). This marks the beginning of change and the establishment of the end for Baby Blue. Also
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English Techniques Allegory Story with a double meaning: one primary (on the surface) and one secondary. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters‚ figures/ events in narrative‚ dramatic or pictorial form. Alliteration Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase. Anaphora The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Anecdote A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. Illustrate
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