without realizing that these lights would never ‘beam on’ her again. Hardy has also contrasted Emma’s face before death and after death. Her face was ‘lit’ up a week before she died‚ but now she has ‘the face of dead’. Here‚ face is basically a synecdoche because the poet has used the word ‘face’ to describe the whole being of Emma. Even had Thomas been with her on the drive he now realises that he would not have looked at her long enough to read her state of health nor the thoughts that he then
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Dramatic Literacy Devices Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ in which the name of the central character‚ Pilgrim‚ epitomizes the book’s allegorical nature. Kay Boyle’s story "Astronomer’s Wife" and Christina Rossetti’s poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Catastrophe The
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In her poem‚ #465‚ Emily Dickinson’s speaker allows the reader to experience an ironic reversal of conventional expectation of the moment of death in the mid-1800s‚ as the speaker finds nothing but an eerie darkness at the end of her life. Although the speaker reflects upon her life from beyond the grave‚ she remembers her final moments in the still room. In fact‚ the speaker recalls the room‚ “like the Stillness in the Air — / Between the Heaves of Storm” (3-4). Here‚ the speaker compares the aura
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sentence to create a balancing effect. An asyndeton was used when saying "...that we shall pay any price‚ bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty". Kennedy also uses a synecdoche (using a part to represent a whole) by using America to represent the whole world. Finally‚ he uses an anastrophe with “Ask
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devices usually called "figures of speech." We know that a word or phrase or statement is figurative when it cannot be taken literally. In this course‚ we will concentrate on the following figures of speech: metaphor and simile‚ metonymy and synecdoche‚ apostrophe (as well as other forms of address)‚ and personification. [We might pay some attention to symbol and allegory later in the course. But for now‚ please don’t be tempted to say or write “x symbolizes y.” Usually what you’re dealing
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The poetry of the revered Gwen Harwood is demonstrative of time enduring ideas that thereby craft her work memorable and durable irrespective of time and place. This premise derives from the principle concern of Harwood’s writings; an examination of the nature of human existence and all of its many constituents. Harwood’s poetry thus pertains to the internally triggered or inherent component of the values and attitudes of the individual. Dictated by the fundamental conditions of the human psyche
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from another perspective as the first line talks of the "killed flowers". The damage done is extended to include the creatures of the field. Our first image of the subject in the poem’s title‚ the field mouse‚ is one that evokes pity. Clarke uses synecdoche and metaphor to create the image of the dying mouse. The child’s hands have become a
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mistakes‚ Prospero also realises that his quest for vengeance has become redundant and thus‚ his powers are of no use to him. This discovery causes him to relinquish his powers and gain a new understanding of what is important. This is explored in the synecdoche of “Mercy itself‚ and free all faults”‚ where Prospero realises that he is as imperfect as the world he has created with
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is the underlying message of “Lost”‚ focusing on the journey of Bob and Charlotte as they attempt to navigate the cultural uncertainty of Tokyo. Coppolla capitalizes on Tokyo’s modern identity of a technically-advanced hybrid city‚ using it as a synecdoche for the spread of global influences‚ namely Westernisation and the increasing prevalence of technology. The film commences with a taxi ride through the urban centre of Tokyo‚ featuring an advertisement of the protagonist‚ Bob‚ an American movie
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Российский университет дружбы народов Институт иностранных языков Направление: лингвистика Stylistic analysis of Chapter II The Postumous papers of the Pickwick club Charles Dickens. Булатовой Анасиасии‚ 402ЛД Москва 2009 The passage is an extract from Dickens’ novel “The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club” from the chapter II which originally
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