...my whole essay refer to my thesis. While I did provide great examples and analysis, it was disproportionate to certain parts of my thesis. In my fourth draft I attempted to correct this while keeping the good parts of my essay intact. Although I might have had certain ideas and perspectives in my mind, I did not adequately display them in my essay. My thesis can be broken down into three points of focus, symbolism, juxtapositions and diction. My third draft excelled with my focus on juxtapositions but severely lacked in my focus of diction. In my fourth draft I attempted to correct this. In the fourth drafted, I incorporated how diction can be reflected in how Shakespearean sonnets incorporate speech to sound like everyday people: “was the use of specific language wording or diction in sonnets to mimic everyday speech or life of everyday people”. I included this into my analysis of certain parts of my analysis such as my analysis of “coral” in the sonnet....
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...In Robert Pack’s “An echo sonnet, to an empty page,” a very unique writing technique is used in this shakespearean format. The narrator an alter ego, who answers the narrator’s questions in echos that reveal the poet’s look and feelings toward life. The voice root of the poem (the narrator) has features of a timid man scared to explore his life in fear of the future and consequences. The echo (alter ego) is the alternate prospect on life who answers the voice’s question. The poem is written in a very witty form where every line has an “echo” word that rhymes with the last word of the line, answering the question in a clever format. Not only does the poem have bold form, but it shows, symbolism, juxtaposition, and imagery added for further effect on the message that one should take risks in life. The structure of what is effectively built to allow an understanding of the author’s intentions. The voice is the persona of those who have fears of the future. This allows an emotional connection for the reader to have to the poem. The poem builds from general questions of one with a blank life, here the metaphor of the title, “empty page” can be seen, because it is talking about...
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...Sonnet 146 Denise Kontara William Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 146' reads as an internal monologue, fundamentally the protagonist is addressing himself. Although the use of transition between multiple metaphors has often been critiqued. As Fred Hasson (2013) suggests “The metaphors are choppy, jumping quickly from the mansion to the worms, and then to Death eating man and vice-versa. The "cost" theme mixes uneasily with the soul/body comparison.”, through a powerful use of metaphor as well as religious notions, the poet brings light to the idea of materialism and earthly greed as catalysts for the souls entrapment in the body and furthermore addresses the potential escape from such boundaries into eternal life. Despite it's ability to appeal to both Christian and Non-Christian audiences, Sonnet 146 has been often declared one of Shakespeare's more Christian poems (David E. Anderson, 2005). This very accurately acts as a reflection of the poems context, with legal requirements on churches to read Psalms from The Book of Common Prayer monthly at the time. Richmond Noble (1940, p4) in 'Shakespeare's Biblical Knowledge' lists at least 135 Psalm references in Shakespeare's plays, also vouching for other such references in the sonnets. Shakespeare's awareness and furthermore use of several Pauline paradoxes becomes apparent through the close study of the thematic structure and development...
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...Sahira Younas In the two sonnets, “Remember” by Christina Rossetti and “The Cross of Snow” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the authors address death and remembrance indicating similarities when exploring grieving process but also demonstrate its differences through literary techniques. They both utilized symbolism, imagery, and metaphorical language but showed differences in tone. Christina Rossetti and Henry Longfellow utilized symbolism to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that guides the reader to understand the poem as a whole. In “Remember”, the poet incorporated the volta-the shift. Before line 9, the speaker insisted the beloved remember ought to remember her. Afterward, she changes her mind and says it is better for her beloved to forget her because remembering her will be painful. That shift symbolized the speaker’s love. She would rather sacrifice the only thing keeping her “alive” and metaphorically kill herself, than to ask her lover to hold onto the pain. In “The Cross of Snow” incorporates symbolism in the title. The “cross” is a symbolic meaning before Christians because Jesus died on the cross and “snow” is white which represents purity. Longfellow essentially says that his wife is angelic and pure. Both poets incorporated imagery to means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. In Rossetti’s poem, she includes diction such as, “silent” (line 2), and...
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...Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen an Analysis The Work: Dulce et Decorum Est is a poem written during World War I by soldier and poet, Wilfred Owen. The poem is known for Owen’s graphic and realistic depiction of the horrible trench warfare of WWI. Owens paints a verbal picture of the scene, speaking in first person, and describes what’s going on to him and his fellow troop members. Important to mention is what the poems title means, it is latin for “It is sweet and right to die for one's country”. The phrase was commonly used during the WWI era, and thus would have resonated with Owen's readers in that time period (Poets.org). The poem starts out with Owen describing the troop of army men of which he is a member. He chronicles the men as been doubled over, “coughing like hags” as they “cursed through sludge”. He paints a grim picture of trench warfare that was so prevalent during WWI; describing the men trudging through the mud, saying “many had lost their boots but limped on”. In the next stanza comes utter panic as gas shells are dropped and hurled in troops direction. They rush to put on their helmets on and run to safety but by the end of the stanza Wilfred notices one of his comrades is in trouble, writing, “As under a green sea, I saw him drowning”. In the next two lines Owen uses powerful imagery talking about the helpless soldier. Saying, “In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” He truly gives you a sense...
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...Death, Be Not Proud”: Macduff’s Contemptuous Condemnation of Macbeth In life, the most disarming fear experienced by mankind is of the absence of life. Death is the most frightening fate of mankind and the inevitable fate of all living things. The fact that death cannot be evaded, and that it is impossible for the living to have an accurate concept of death is the root cause of fear derived from it; all life will inevitably be consumed by the mysterious and destructive power of death. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is punctuated by moments of murder and death caused by the hands of the power-delirious title character. John Donne’s Holy Sonnet X “Death, Be Not Proud” exhibits arguments that challenge the integrity of death’s power. The...
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...Describe at least one important technique used in EACH test. Explain why this technique was important in each text. In the poem Anthem for Doomed Youth, by Wilfred Owen, various language techniques are used, these are important because they help portray the writers key themes. The poem is in the form of a sonnet, it is split between two parts. In both stanzas, Owen focuses on two key themes. The first theme is the horror of war and the terrible conditions facing the soldiers, in contrast, the second theme is the meaningless and lack of religion in response to such horror as seen during the war. Owen uses extremely strong and powerful imagery throughout his poem. In the very first line he asks, ‘What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?’, the connotation implies that in war, millions die with the same significance as cattle which justifies the lack of sounding from the bells. The manner of their deaths is being compared to the mass slaughter of the animals. Owen in appalled by the inhumane deaths these young men experienced. He feels as if they are nameless and faceless - losing their identities in the chaos of war. The use of this simile is important because it helps Owen to create a sense of what is recognized as the helplessness and inhumane treatment the soldiers received. In the second line of his poem he uses personification. Owen describes the ‘monstrous anger of the guns’, giving the guns a powerful, negative connotation. By doing so, the anger is misplaced...
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...misery. He further portrays their dehumanised state through religious diction, ‘Wherefore rock they, purgatorial shadows’ to create a visual of soldiers rocking back and forth, trying to shake off their mental torment. This image is enhanced in the metaphorical hellish existence, ‘purgatory shadows’ to exemplify their eternal suffering. He portrays the soldiers losing their bodily functions and resembling animals in the rhetorical simile ‘baring teeth that leers like skulls wicked?’ This allows Owen to effectively show the audience the agony of war. He portrays the living hell of war that these soldiers relive day after day through personification,’ – these are men whose minds the dead have ravished. Their torment is reinforced in the juxtaposition, ‘treading blood from lungs that had once loved laughter’ to convey an image of these soldiers walking over decapitated corpses to emphasise the horror while humanising the dead men that ‘loved...
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...(Score for Question 1: ___ of 200 points) Answer: In his poem, 'Scorn not the Sonnet' (Poetical Works, 1827), Wordsworth famously said that the sonnets were the 'key' with which 'Shakespeare unlocked his heart' and whilst this can certainly be seen to be the case, the sonnets do much more than that. Writing of various forms of love, and indeed of love itself, using the contemporary sonnet form, Shakespeare develops the aspects of love which the sonnets reflect into an all-encompassing discussion on the major themes of life itself that continue to inform and direct the human condition, a fact which is perhaps partly responsible for their continuing popularity with both public and critics alike. This dissertation sets out to discover, through close reading of carefully selected representative sonnets and critical context, the way Shakespeare accomplishes this. The sonnet form as Shakespeare, whose 154 sonnets were first published in 1609, and his contemporaries used it was introduced into England in the sixteenth century by Sir Thomas Wyatt who translated sonnets in the Petrarchan form from the original Italian (Whitaker, 1953, p. 88) The Shakespearian or Elizabethan sonnet form differs from the Italian, originally developed by Petrarch in the fourteenth century, principally in form. Both styles are usually comprised of fourteen lines but have a different rhyme sequence and structure. The Petrarchan sonnet consists of an octet...
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...view flashback flat character foil foreshadowing form formal essay formal language frame story free verse G genre graphic text H hero historical reference hyperbole I iambic pentameter idiom image imagery indeterminate ending indirect presentation informal essay informal language interior monologue internal conflict internal rhyme irony * consonance is defined in two ways: 1) the repetition of consonant sounds before and after differing vowels, such as “flip-flop,” “feel-fill.” OR 2) the repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words only, as in “east-west,” or “hid-bed.” Ministry of Education 2011/12 School Year Literary Terms: A Dictionary 3rd ed. (Karl Beckson, Arthur Ganz, 1989) -1English 12 Terms and Devices J jargon juxtaposition L legend limited omniscient point of view literal language lyric M melodrama metaphor metre monologue mood...
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...dilemma direct presentation dissonance drama dramatic irony dramatic monologue dramatic form dynamic character E editorial 社論的 elegy emotional appeal epic敘事詩 epilogue 收場白 epiphany神聖的表現 epigram讽刺短诗 epitaph碑文 euphemism 委婉語 euphony悅耳之音 expert testimony exposition闡述 expository essay extended metaphor external conflict | F fable falling action fantasy farce figurative language first person point of view flashback flat character foil foreshadowing form formal essay formal language frame story free verse G genre graphic text H hero historical reference hyperbole I iambic pentameter idiom image imagery indeterminate ending indirect presentation informal essay informal language interior monologue internal conflict internal rhyme irony J jargon juxtaposition L legend limited omniscient point of view literal language lyric M melodrama metaphor metre monologue mood mystery myth N narrative narration narrator O objective (language tone etc.) objective point of view octave 八行詩 ode omniscient point of view onomatopoeia 擬聲 oxymoron 矛盾修辭法 | P paradox parallelism parody passive voice pastoral 鄉村的 pathos personal essay personification persuasive essay persuasive technique plot point of view pro and con argument prologue propaganda protagonist...
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...Vivid images in John Keats’ sonnet, “When I have Fears” convey the speaker’s desire to understand the mysteries of human existence. Pressured by the finite time on earth, Keats’ speaker expresses a longing to know the eternal ideals of love and fame before he ceases to exist. Although the poem is expressed in one breathless sentence, the speaker’s anxiety is resolved; the fear of not achieving these ideals becomes, when the speaker is alone and thinks, insignificant. In the first quatrain of the lyric poem, the pensive speaker expresses his worries about dying before fulfilling his potential as a writer: When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean’d my teeming brain, Before high piled books, in charact’ry, Hold like rich...
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...18 February 2014 Time Betrays Us All Every day we wake up is another day to make something of ourselves. Some people think that’s a curse and wish they could just skip ahead to the good parts like skipping through scenes in a movie. Others wish they could go back and relive their glory days as head cheerleader in high school. Now, imagine if people had the chance to do that. Would the human race be better off or worse off for it? In the poem “The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once” by X.J. Kennedy, he implies that it is a good thing life follows one specific timeline. By using prosody, imagery, and figurative language, Kennedy allows the reader to imagine life without the constraint of time and then those same devices show why we need the structure. Kennedy sets up the stage in his first stanza by describing how life would be if time collapsed into one single moment. In Kennedy’s words, if we were to “As from your mother's womb you, bawling, drop / Into a nursing home” (3), we could go straight from birth to old age without experiencing all the life in between. Kennedy’s use of imagery in that phrase has a much larger affect than if he were to have just come out and said it. Kennedy uses visual imagery to bring his point across as if life is flashing before his eyes. There is a pretty powerful image in every line in the first octave, starting with “Suppose your life a folded telescope” (1). While Kennedy uses the word “folded” to describe the...
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...Through the comparative study of John Donne's poetry and Margaret Edson's play W;t we are shown the individual context of both writers and their perspectives on relationships and death. Donne represents his assurance of life after death in his Holy Sonnets. Additional to this in his earlier poetry, his valuing of deep relationship being critical to the human experience is reflected by his renaissance belief. Edson's individual post-modern context is apparent in the appropriation and rewriting of Donne's ideas to reflect her own perspective. This is further emphasized in the choices made by each composer to represent their ideas in different textual forms. Before Donne changed to his Protestant Christian faith in 1601 he believed that the meaning of life was through love. Donne ignores the reality of love and instead writes about what is outside reality, the metaphysical. In 1601 Donne secretly married a young seventeen-year-old girl by the name of Anne More. Donne wrote about how the love between him and his wife would go past this life and travel with them to the afterlife. After her death, Donne wrote “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” which describes his undying love for her. Donne made sure that his audience understood the significance of relationships, through the self-importance of "twin compasses"," thy soul, the fix'd foot", "making my circle perfect". The 17th century context is reflected in the representation of circular perfection which lifts the status of relationships...
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...them to grow tumultuous. Religion Browning uses the idea of conflicting images of religion such as the “devil” and “God” to reflect a period of religious doubt. He channels this theme through the narrator; who is female, already a non-conventional option to center a whole poem on. As if this was not enough to make her distinctive, she also seems to produce juxtapositions related to religion. One instance being when she acknowledged being involved in “trade” at the “devil's” workshop, a clear admittance of her demeanour. However not done in a manner as to repent, instead Browning puts her across as prideful in her work. As associating with the devil will ultimately bring her closer in her plans to get vengeance. On the other side of the spectrum, the narrator also mentions practicing religious acts such as “to pray” to “God”. Thus making clear that she doesn’t deny the existence of a higher deity, but rather ignores it by visiting the workplace of the devil. Where in religion “God” and the “devil” represent the fight for good against evil and are principles that shouldn’t mix. It’s one of the other. Conversely, this juxtaposition could also be used to denote the growing number of non-conformists specific to the time. The use of “empty church” as opposed to just “church” could infer that people such as socialites only visited the church to satisfy a public appearance and put on a good front, rather than when it was “empty”. As during the time of Louis XIV society was very secluded...
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