it is ubiquitous; it is indiscriminate; it is inevitable. In the first stanza‚ Larkin immediately makes clear the ambulance’s symbolic substance with the description of the ambulance and its literal movement through the city. The alliterative simile‚ ‘Closed like confessionals’ suggests the ambulance‚ like a confessional is a small‚ confined‚ claustrophobic place of a secretive nature where people seek forgiveness with the fear of death. This comparison helps the reader understand that death
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shown‚ however she used metaphors for the more important things. In the first stanza‚ courage is being shown in little ways. Sexton’s poem is divided into four stanzas‚ each representing a different stage in life. The first stanza is childhood. The simile “the child’s first step‚ as awesome as an earthquake” is unique because it is meant both literally and metaphorically. Earthquakes are large and momentous‚ likewise is a child’s first step. Other events such as riding a bike for the first time and
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Stylistic analysis of the text: “The lumber-room” by H.Munro From: Glazko Anastsiya FL81.2 Stylistic analysis of the text “The lumber-room” Hector Hugh Munro (December 18‚ 1870 – November 13‚ 1916)‚ better known by the pen name Saki‚ was a British writer‚ whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely
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“Rikki Tikki-Tavi” The story of Rikki Tikki-Tavi is expressed (portrayed) in two different ways‚ a film version and a book. The film version of Rikki Tikki-Tavi creates a better understanding of the story. The film version does not only express (depict) the story through words but also creates a visual understanding as well as using sound effects and special effects to adapt the realistic perspective. Both the book and the film used the same plot but spent a different amount of time on the explanation
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that a strong sense of identity can overshadow the derogations made by others. When Touchstone claims in Act Two that he is one of Corin’s ‘betters‚’ Corin replies contentedly ‘Or else are they very wretched.’ Further on in the play‚ Touchstone uses simile to describe Corin ‘like an ill roasted egg‚ cooked all on one side’ when claiming Corin to be ‘wicked’ having never been to court. Corin‚ happy with his bucolic lifestyle‚ shrugs off each remark stating ‘Thou have too courtly a wit for me – I’ll rest
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doing this to try and feel like she is at home‚ trying to connect back to where she came from‚ it is almost as if the hurricane has brought her a message that where ever you are on earth it is still the same place. “Falling as heavy as whales” is a simile and this is effective because the torrential rain that comes with a hurricane becomes like the sea and the tree’s become like whales. Also when she says “Come break the frozen lake in me” it is as though being away from her own country has made her
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reader wince! The poem is as much about how Hughes deals with the dangerous situation and his feelings about the incident. Hughes uses a lot of sensual imagery and figurative language in this poem. The poem contains: Personification‚ metaphors and similes and he also uses paradox‚ or oxymoron. Sensual imagery There are many lines in which Hughes personifies the tractor giving it feeling and emotion. The most important example is probably the last line of the poem‚ where the words‚ ’raging and trembling
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A.D AP Literature – Period 1 TPS-FASTT Poem: America Poet: Claude McKay America Although she feeds me bread of bitterness‚ And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth‚ Stealing my breath of life‚ I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth. Her vigor flows like tides into my blood‚ 5 Giving me strength erect against her hate‚
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In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin uses optimistic imagery to state that freedom is a spark that becomes a flame to those who are binded by darkness as her main idea. She is able to convey this main idea to the readers through metaphors and similes that correlates with freedom. Chopin states her main idea by using optimistic metaphor about the taste of freedom from a woman‚ whose husband was thought to be dead. In the story‚ the narrator says‚ “she was drinking in a very
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nor we will yield. He wasn’t there at the wall today‚ Someone said he moved away To another school and place And on the wall where he used to lean Someone had chalked ’watch this space’. RHYME ALLITERATION ONAMATOPOEIA PERSONIFICATION SIMILE METAPHOR ASSONANCE HYPERBOLE Also a metaphor Level: Year 7/8 Genre: Poem VOICE – A teenager/s seeing the events occur - experiencing isolation TONE – Sad‚ alone MOOD - Sad THEME – Not everyone has the chance
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