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21: Beowulf As An Epic
... past or the speaker’s characteristics. Beowulf does not give many, but from those he gives, the reader leans about his character traits. The language of the epic style is an elevated, rather formal language. Similes, kennings, and many other literary techniques are used throughout the poem. Beowulf clearly contains many epic characteristics and the following essay will present the evidence needed to support this allegation. Firstly, epic characters hold high ... as the world's bravest person hasn't gone to his head. The language used in epic style poems is that of a higher language. The epic poet makes use of literary techniques such as similes and kennings. For example, “The ship foamed through the sea like a bird” (Raffel 218) is one of the similes that can be found in this poem. The poet is comparing the motion of the ship to the movement of a bird. An example of a kenning would be “…after nightfall, when Hrothgar withdrew ...
22: Rita Dove Literary Analysis
... My Mother Enters the Work Force, and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works you will see examples of Rita Dove s use of home in her poetry, her use of figurative devices such as similes and metaphors, and you will see Dove s view on children coming of age in different ways. By looking at the poem In the Old Neighborhood we can deduce a number of things from the ... a little personification with rich and descriptive metaphors and even throws in a hyperbole or two. The Bistro Styx is a beautifully worded poem that uses elements of different types of rhyme schemes combined with similes, metaphors, and personification all rolled into a semi-tight package. The reason for the semi-tightness is that Dove feels a weak poem is one that is not left open in at least one way ... Neighborhood, My Mother Enters the Work Force, and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works we saw examples of Rita Dove s use of home in her poetry, her use of figurative devices such as similes and metaphors, and her views and themes on children coming of age in different ways. These three elements do not fully encompass all that is Rita Dove. In fact, with a poet as diverse ...
23: Comparison Of The Swimmer And
... harmony, yet sometimes in conflict with each other. Similarly, each poet makes good use of poetic devices, enhancing the styles of their respectivepoems, sometimes differently, but often alike. The use of poetic devices such as similes and word choice are both mastered by these two poets. In some cases, it seems as if the two are trying to make their points distinct from each other s. In the case of word ... it. Both these techniques are extremely effective, as they enhance the strength of the mood of each poem, helping to send the aforementioned unique message to each reader. However, both these poets make use of similes to help the reader grasp what the poet is trying to say. For example, in Lone Bather the third stanza reads feels good: and trains, like little acrobats , while in The Swimmer , the third stanza opens with he dives, floats, goes under like a thief. Both these similes enhance the pictures the reader is forming in his mind as he tries to follow the story. Another similarity in style between these two poems is the constant reference to animals, and how the ...
24: Old Neighborhood
... My Mother Enters the Work Force, and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works you will see examples of Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry, her use of figurative devices such as similes and metaphors, and you will see Dove’s view on children coming of age in different ways. By looking at the poem "In the " we can deduce a number of things from the overall poem ... a little personification with rich and descriptive metaphors and even throws in a hyperbole or two. The Bistro Styx is a beautifully worded poem that uses elements of different types of rhyme schemes combined with similes, metaphors, and personification all rolled into a semi-tight package. The reason for the semi-tightness is that Dove feels a weak poem is one that is not left open in at least one way ... Neighborhood, My Mother Enters the Work Force, and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works we saw examples of Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry, her use of figurative devices such as similes and metaphors, and her views and themes on children coming of age in different ways. These three elements do not fully encompass all that is Rita Dove. In fact, with a poet as diverse ...
25: The Bistro Styx
... the Old Neighborhood, My Mother Enters the Work Force, and . Through these three works you will see examples of Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry, her use of figurative devices such as similes and metaphors, and you will see Dove’s view on children coming of age in different ways. By looking at the poem "In the Old Neighborhood" we can deduce a number of things from the ... a little personification with rich and descriptive metaphors and even throws in a hyperbole or two. The Bistro Styx is a beautifully worded poem that uses elements of different types of rhyme schemes combined with similes, metaphors, and personification all rolled into a semi-tight package. The reason for the semi-tightness is that Dove feels a weak poem is one that is not left open in at least one way ... Neighborhood, My Mother Enters the Work Force, and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works we saw examples of Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry, her use of figurative devices such as similes and metaphors, and her views and themes on children coming of age in different ways. These three elements do not fully encompass all that is Rita Dove. In fact, with a poet as diverse ...
26: Rupert Mccall
... The four poetic devices used in this poem are personification in the line An until you knocked his melon off, you hadn't cleared your name , melon being the personification. There where quite a few similes used in this poem so here are only some of them. Then, sometimes when you took the crease, you'd face like Allan Border face like Alan Border being the simile. As you 'walked the walk' like David Boon and 'talked the talk' like Richie this line has two similes in it they are Walked the walk like David Boon and Talked the a Talk like Richie . There is another five lines in this poem that contain at least one simile. Alliterations were used a ...
27: Short-story Paper
... she entered-a small fat woman in black while the visitors stated their errand (432) of the people that are involved in the story as well. Also we have to say that there are many similes and metaphors in the text that make it more true to the reader, She looked bloated, like a body long stated their errand (432). Inversely, another element of fiction that is going to be analyzed ... exactly what had happened (517) and the characters as well, The screen door crashed had been decorated for valor (518), to make the reader understand and know more about their special features. There are many similes and metaphors, like a fire in my glass (517); used throughout the text that transform and make the text more interesting and intensive. Again here, Faulkner has lack of chronological order but not so complex ...
28: Emily Dickinson
... the hymn form of poetry and the then popular folk form. Because I cold not stop for death, is an example of her most commonly used metrical pattern (Watts 125). Throughout her poetry she used similes, or Comparative Anatomy. Emily used centripetal and centrifugal similes. In The props Assist the House, Dickinson is trying to convey a house under construction is like a soul in the process of being perfected (Shackford 2). never prepared for her poetry beforehand, but she ...
29: Greasy Lake
... To be flattened like a fly is to be brushed aside and discarded because of being an annoyance. Boyle describes Akaky's heartache from the rejection in the simile about a fly being flattened. These similes are what allow Boyle's readers to get into the heart and mind of the characters about which he is writing. In conclusion, T. Corraghessan Boyle's writing voice is masterful and individualistic. Boyle's ... lighten the mood of the book and provide a few good laughs to the reader. Although filled with burlesque, Boyle's stories always leave the reader thinking, whether it is about alternate, deeper meanings of similes or about what the characters are really thinking or feeling. Even though the book is sometimes farfetched, there is never any lack of content. Boyle always provided an unusual twist of humor and reality that ...
30: Catcher In The Rye- Use Of Lan
... off my chest," (Salinger 43) and "You’re a dirty stupid sonuvabitch of a moron." (Salinger 43) This also provides a good comic effect. Holden is able to describe certain situations very well. He makes similes that are so unexpected that they are hilarious. To describe someone’s personality he says, "That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddam toilet seat." (Salinger 52) To describe Spencer’s facial expression he comments, "He put my goddam paper down then and looked at me like he’d just beaten the hell out of me in Ping-Pong or something." (Salinger 14) Such similes catch the reader off guard and are extremely funny, yet they get the message across. Many times Holden refrains from blatantly stating something in an offensive way. At times he will talk like a mature ...


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