Category: Literary Devices
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Figurative Language in Sonnet 18 and in ‘Manjhi Moves a Mountain’
Creative writing can be defined as writing that imaginatively expresses ideas and thoughts (YourDictionary.com). Creative writing can be designated into three types which are fictional prose, non-fictional prose, and poetry. In this assignment, I will give my creative response to Manjhi Moves a Mountain by Nancy Churnin, which is prose non-fiction, and poetry written by…
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Explain How Whitman Develops an Extended Metaphor in His Poem: Analytical Essay
Whilst at first glance this poem, Aboard at a ships Helm by Walt Whitman, is displaying the scene of a ship at sea, the closer one looks the more apparent it becomes that this is merely an overall metaphor for someone who is beginning to take control of their life, steering it in the direction…
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Literary Devices in Depicting Society in The Giver
The Giver by Lois Lowry sets place in a futuristic society. It is undetermined the exact location or period that the story takes place. This society is based on a utopian community. A perfect society, where everyone is safe, they have never suffered pain, or ever heard of violence, but the citizens have no individuality,…
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Literary Analysis: ‘Lord of the Flies’ Metaphor
Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a novel that tells a story about a group of English school boys who find themselves stranded on an island without any adult supervision. From the start, it is quite evident that there are some distinct personality differences between the boys on the island. Because of…
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Sonnet 130 Tone: Critical Analysis
Poetry Foundation presents William Shakespeares famous poem, Sonnet 130, titled My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun. According to Spacey, the poem talks of a mistress who does not conform to the conventional standards of beauty. Shakespeare compares the mistress with the beautiful things of life, but he finds none that perfectly fits the…
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Sonnet 130 Rhyme Scheme: Analysis Essay
Romantic or platonic, lifelong or fleeting, love surrounds and shapes our meaningful relationships every day, teaching us lessons, presenting us with new experiences, and changing our lives forever. Good morning, I am Maddison Clark and today, as my role as literary expert, I will be analyzing how the theme of love, within two poems from…
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What is the Extended Metaphor in ‘The Road not Taken’: Essay
In life, taking the known route does not necessarily have the most beneficial ending- this is partially due to the fact that the unknown road provides options for personal growth and new experiences. This idea is conveyed throughout The Road not Taken and is specially reinforced in the last stanza. The Road Not Taken was…
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What Is the Extended Metaphor in ‘O Captain, My Captain’
O Captain! My captain is a poem composed by the American poet Walt Whitman who is called the bird of democracy. Most of his works reflect his ideas about women’s rights, immigration laws, and labor issues. This poem in particular is an elegy written after the death of former American president Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman’s…
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The Theme of Classism in The Kite Runner
My grandmother, when growing up as a teenage immigrant from Japan in America, had suffered atrocities in her lifetime. Be it not speaking English with perfection in accent and pronunciation, or the foods in which she ate, she was tantalized and berated on a day-to-day basis. The people around her had thought of themselves as…
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Fragmentation and Despair in ‘The Second Coming’ by W.B. Yeats and ‘In a Station of the Metro’ by Ezra Pound
The poems ‘The Second Coming’ by William Butler Yeats and ‘In a Station of the Metro’ by Ezra Pound have a strong sense of fragmentation and despair in them. Fragmentation is one of the major features of modern poetry. Modern poets use fragmented images in their poems to give us the sense of fragmentation. Despair…