hardy and adaptable can survive in such a mutable region. She gives a detailed description of the places that she refers to as "every conceivable niche" to show the existence of life. B. Parallelism‚ antithesis‚ multisensory details‚ personification‚ simile‚ metaphor C. These paragraphs set the case for her argument‚ as she describes how life exists in such a mutable environment. III. The poignant beauty of things is ephemeral‚ existing only for a short time and space. A. She describes the pool hidden
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Night’s Dream “O‚ I am out of breath in this fond chase!” (Act 2 vs.81) Figurative language is created using allusion‚ alliteration‚ metaphor‚ simile and personification. A simple definition of figurative language is language that is used in a special way to create a special effect. Shakespeare uses figurative language as he speaks with metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification in A Midsummer Night’s Dream “O‚ I am out of breath in this fond chase!” (Act 2 vs.81) This writing technique sets Shakespeare
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rainy days. I use a lot of personification in this poem. Using personification is dominant in the poem because I like to make objects come alive. Most of the personification is directed toward clouds in general. One example is in line three of the first stanza‚ which says‚ “They cry like they are teenage girls having a bad day.” Personification is also used in line one of the third stanza which states‚ “I hate rainy days‚ clouds why do you weep?” Personification was the main
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Fever" suggests an adventurous ocean that appeals to all five senses. Along with an adventurous ocean‚ "Sea Fever" also sets a mood of freedom through imagery of traveling gypsies. Perhaps‚ the most complex part of this poem is the use of personification and metaphor. These figures of speech go beyond the meter and imagery to compare life to a sea voyage and portray a strong longing for the sea. The two main themes of "Sea Fever" bring the reader closer to the sea and help the reader understand why
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also seen on the language of the poem as W. Wordsworth uses personifications when he starts by comparing himself to a lonely cloud. Another personification and metaphor is when W. W compares the daffodils to a crowd of people and further more dancing humans. He starts his poem with a simile Alliteration: lonely as a cloud (line 1). Simile: Comparison (using as) of the speaker’s solitariness to that of a cloud (line 1). Personification: Comparison of the cloud to a lonely human. (line 1) Alliteration:
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Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 1 Diction and Imagery Literary Techniques • The meaning of a poem (i.e its focus‚ mood and the speaker’s attitude) is enhanced by four main types of literary techniques: • Diction • Imagery • Sound devices • Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Diction • Diction is the choice of words a poet uses to bring meaning across. In working through a poem‚ it is useful to question why a certain word is used‚ and what kind of effect is achieved with the choice and placement
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figurative language in the passage on pages 158-159 to foreshadow events to come as well as add life to the story. Metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification are used together collaboratively to create a specific mood and image to represent the theme of this passage with still leaving room for the true meaning which is to be revealed later on in the story. Hurston’s use of personification and metaphors together create a mysterious gloomy mood. In the line "drifting mists gathered in the west...to arm them selves
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Tractor – Ted Hughes This is a poem in which Hughes dramatises man’s struggle with an often hostile environment. Here‚ the poet is trying to rescue a tractor form its ’hell of ice’. Hughes uses personification. The tractor is personified in order to make the incident as dramatic as possible. Throughout the poem it is compared to animal‚ and its final release from the trap of the weather is like the birth of a baby animal. As well as the wonderful descriptions of the tractor and the weather in
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the strategies he used is personification. Edwards beings the sermon by using personification comparing God’s wrath to hell when he threatens‚ " There is a dreadful pit of glowing flames of the wrath of God; there’s a hell’s wide gaping mouth open"(21-22).This quote explains that everyone is going to hell where there are flames and hell is ready for them to go into it. Personification compares human qualities to objects. Another rhetoric device he used is a simile. A simile paints a picture which makes
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figurative language like personification‚ metaphor‚ and simile makes the reader have a more vivid experience while reading the poem. In the poem Birches‚ the writer uses personification in the next sentence “they click upon themselves as the breeze rises” (line 7 and 8). Mr. Frost explains that when there is a strong breeze the birches click with each other and it moves them up and down and eventually for a moment they touch each other as if they were once one single birch. Personification is also used in
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