Poetry is a form of literature that is expressive and can sometimes communicate a message more effectively than prose. It can be filled with literary elements and vivid language that can help poets relay their message to the readers. What is fascinating about poetry‚ is that each poem can relate to a person in multiple ways. In the poems "Harlem" and "Weary Blues" Langston Hughes uses language that effectively communicates the overall themes of both poems and relates to the African American experience
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like sharks.” I agree; when a person uses a metaphor‚ they intend it to be taken wholly‚ whereas a simile is more tentative. Glucksberg also says that in an experiment they had done themselves‚ metaphors has different properties to people than similes‚ and they were interpreted more “metaphorically” than similes. Further details about this experiment would have added to his point that metaphors and similes weren’t interpreted the same way‚ so I wish he had said more about it. Simply mentioning a few
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movie and explain why. We have to choose at least two literary elements. The two literary elements I’m choosing are flashback and simile. I’m using simile for the poem and flashback for the movie‚ For the poem invictus I will be using the simile literary element. Invictus is a literary of a simile because the poem says “black as a pit from pole to pole.” That is a simile because it’s comparing the darkness to a pit. I deliberate the author was saying he had a dark/bad life for a couple of years down
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streets‚ and if their families tried to sneak out to drag them back into their homes‚ we’d shoot them too. We left them in the streets for days. We left them for the dogs. Dog meat for dogs‚” (Hosseini 277). Identically the metaphor is similar to the simile where the Hazaras are being compared to garbage‚ but this time‚ they were compared as if they were dog meat and were good for nothing else. This quote shows the brutality associated with being discriminated against. Not only were they shunned in society
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experiences “Years and place-names/Recognised by accents”. The simile “like birds of passage” in the third stanza echoes the simile in stanza two so again we see the need for belonging to create this sense of human fulfillment and familiarity. Skrzynecki uses a simile again in stanza four “rose and fell like a finger/pointed in reprimand or shame” for the “barrier at the main gate” and so is also personified‚ through this simile it suggests a feeling of blame and imprisonment in a literal and
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that there really is a hell‚ and most people are probably going to hell because of their sin. Even though this was a sermon spoken out loud‚ he uses many different elements of style. Throughout his sermon‚ he speaks in second person‚ uses multiple similes‚ diverse sentence structure‚ includes a happy ending‚ and he has a very narrow-minded view in his opinions. The speaker Jonathan Edwards speaks in second person using words like “you‚” throughout his entire sermon‚ which allows him to directly
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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 is a parody of the traditional love poem. He takes hyperbolic similes and metaphors and proves how ridiculous they are. He gets us away from the kind of fake beauty that is found in most love poems and crushes romantic clichés. Although this sonnet may seem like the speaker is criticizing his mistress and pointing out every single one of her flaws‚ he is simply being realistic. Since this is a Shakespearean sonnet‚ it is composed of 14 lines and uses the iambic pentameter
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used to be‚ the girl she is now‚ and her plans for the future. In the troubled yet bright poem "Thief‚" the author claims that time goes by quickly‚ and people change with time. This message is conveyed through the use of repetition‚ imagery‚ and similes. Throughout the poem‚ the repetition of "Three more years" demonstrates that the author will begin a new chapter in her life in such a short time. "Three more years until I decide where I want to spend the next four years of my life. Three more
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African Americans are still targets to get picked on for any little thing. There are some interesting literary elements Langston Hughes points out. Hughes uses literary devices such as simile‚ imagery‚ and anaphora to show the reader the theme of ill effects on African Americans in society. Through the use of simile‚ the author reveals the comparisons of a dream to rotten meat. In the poem‚ it says‚ “Does it stink like rotten meat?” (Hughes 6). This quote shows that a dream can sometimes be like a
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There a several images that stand out in Homer’s epic simile. The poplar “that has grown up rich in bottom soil” was an image that immediately caught my eye (4.526). Homer uses this particular line to illustrate the foundation that molded Simoeisius into the person he grew to become. The poplar tree is symbolic of his family tree as well. He grew up enriched with a strong family foundation on the banks of the Simois’ River (4.517). Homer also uses the image of a trunk that branches out to illustrate
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