...Daniel Harting Period Five April 14, 2011 “Song of the River”: Literary Analysis In the poem “Song of the River” William Randolph Hearst uses rhyme scheme, alliteration, and imagery to illustrate his overall idea of the relationship between the cycle of life and the course of a river. He uses such devices to express the revolving cycles of a river and how its life span and rebirth correlates with life, death, and afterlife. The rhyme scheme the author creates in the poem has a rhythm which mimics the flow of life and a river. Throughout the poem Hearst describes the cycle of a river and then describes the cycle of life. He then incorporates a rhyme scheme which flows nonstop from start to finish. Within this scheme lies the evolving message in which Hearst is illustrating. The rhyme scheme also relates closely to the tone of the poem which is a peaceful calm tone following the movement of water into its rebirth and the transition of one’s life into the afterlife. Hearst creates the quotation “and the river flows to the sea, and the water again goes back in rain to the hills where is used to be” in order to demonstrate and clearly express the flow of a river to the sea using both rhyme scheme and tone. Lastly as Hearst’s message continues as does the rhyme scheme and tone seen in the words “till it reached the silent sea.” Hearst is comparing the river as is reaches “the silent sea” and life as it reaches the afterlife using the same tone and rhyme scheme as seen...
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...How does the language of this poem reveal the writer’s attitude to planners and city planning? In this poem the writer conveys to the reader about her feelings towards cities and planners in the language she uses in the poem. Atwood starts the poem off in a calming a slow paced tone. The work “cruising” shows this as it is a calm and relaxed word. The poet had lured the readers into a false sense of security because after the first two lines the calm tone changes completely. “What offends us is” is the turning point in the poem it shows that it is not really the positive poem that we hoped it to be. Also the word “offends” is very strong and emotive it makes the reader feel like the place has done something wrong or horrible. The writer wants this as it manipulates the readers to feel the same dislike towards the place like she does. The writer then goes on to describe what the place in like in a disapproving and negative tone. She uses words like “pedantic” for the houses which stresses how ordered, level and perfect they are. The trees are “planted” and “assert” which show that nature is twisted and plotted in neat spaces where convenient. This makes the place unnatural because nature had been forced into a neat and orderly form. The grass is “discouraged” and clamped down so it can grow in the perfect way people want it to grow in. It does not reach its full potential; it is stifled by the grass cutter. Nature is not supposed to be like that, it should be wild and free...
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...------------------------------------------------- Rain Rain Go Away "Rain Rain Go Away" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. Similar rhymes can be found in many societies, including ancient Greece. The modern English language rhyme can be dated to at least to the 17th century when James Howell in his collection of proverbs noted Rain rain go to Spain: faire weather come again.[1] A version very similar to the modern version was noted by John Aubrey in 1687 as used by "little children" to "charm away the Rain...": Rain rain go away, come again a Saturday.[ ------------------------------------------------- Ring a Ring o' Roses "Ring a Ring o' Roses" or "Ring around the Rosie" is a nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game. It first appeared in print in 1881, but it is reported that a version was already being sung to the current tune in the 1790s and similar rhymes are known from across Europe. It has around number of 7925. Urban legend says the song originally described the plague, but folklorists reject this idea. ------------------------------------------------- Roses are red "Roses are red" can refer to a specific poem, or a class of doggerel poems inspired by that poem. It has a Round Folk Song Index The origins of the poem may be traced at least as far back as to the following lines written in 1590 by Sir Edmund Spenser from his epic The Faerie Queene number of 19798. It is most commonly used as a love poem ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Ozmandias 1. What kind of man was the Pharaoh Ozymandias, do you think? Quote from the poem to substantiate your answer. I think that Pharaoh Ozymandias was a strong and powerful ruler in this “ancient land” that the traveler refers to. The phrase “sneer of cold command” suggests he was a dictator and ruled with fear and not well liked by the people he ruled over. In line 11, the plural is used for the word “works”, this suggesting that the king must have had plenty, so thus very wealthy. He also is portrayed at being very arrogant and vain in line 11 “Look at my works, ye mighty, and despair!” where is boasting about his works and telling everyone to look at them and see how mighty he is. Although the inscription at the foot of the statue reveals to us who this poem is about, it also shows his idea of his own power calling himself “king of kings”. 2. The poet takes great care to describe, in lines 4 and 5, the ‘passions’ of Ozymandias that are ‘stamped on these lifeless things’ (line 7). What is the effect of the juxtaposition of ‘passions’ and ‘lifeless’? What is Shelley suggesting about human ambition? The passions of Ozymandias that are described in lines 4 and 5 “frown, wrinkled lip and sneer” show the type of leader he was that put fear into those he ruled and looked at his subjects as if they were unworthy. And then the use of the phase “stamped on these lifeless things” is saying that those passions is all that is left behind on the statue. The...
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...actually feel the meaning of the poem. Different sound devices can be found such as rhyme/meter, assonance, and onomatopoeia in the poem and these can be shown clearly through Lemon’s performance. Please Don’t Take My Air Jordans is written with stressed and unstressed syllables, which are clearly shown when reading aloud. For example: “my air jordans cost a hundred with tax my suede starters jacket says raiders on the back i'm stylin . . . smilin . . . lookin real mean cuz it ain't about bein heard just bein seen” (Reg, 1-4) Without looking at Lemon’s performance, the readers can find some of the words that are stressed usually enhance the name of an object, or the action of the character in the poem. Words that are highlighted are examples with easy recognized stressed syllables. However, it is quite different in Lemon’s performance. He only stresses on the words styling, smiling, and looking since they enhance the character’s action of showing himself/herself that he/she is happy. I think for this device it is less effective and the meaning is not clear in spoken live because he seems to miss some of the important stressed syllables that he actually turns it unstressed instead. He should stressed the syllables of the words “Jordans”, “hundred”, “suede” and “raiders” too because they enhance the theme of the poem about expensive pair of Air Jordans. Next, there are assonances in the poem. Consider these two lines: please . . . don't take my air jordans away . . . (Reg...
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...rhyme pattern and the meter also give the poem a rhythmic beat, which almost sounds like a heart beating This poem also distributes alliteration. Alliteration sates that in a poem there is a repetition of a certain letter. In this case the author writes “Tyger Tyger! Burning bright” and also “In what distant deeps or skies” the caesura used between these words and the alliteration ties them together thus making readers pay more attention to the words written in the poem. Assonance is used in this poem as well to emphasize the greatness of God such as in “twist the sinews”. There are two different sounds in the poem. By using poetic devices he further develops the questions about the natures of God. Another example of assonance is "the fire of thine eyes". In this line, the "i" in fire and thine and the first "e" in eyes create the assonance. The significance of this device is that it adds to the rhythmic pattern and creates imagery. Alliteration and Assonance are quite similar to each other but assonance refers to the repetition...
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...Assonance happens in poetry and it is the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible. A lot of singer songwriters use this in their songs to make it sound better. Instead of actually using simple rhymes, these songwriters use words that sound like they rhyme, but they really don’t. The song that I picked is Thinking Out Loud By Ed Sheeran. Ed Sheeran really uses this skill in his songs and he also makes it seem like the words rhyme by the way he stresses the words in his songs. In Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran uses words like arms and stars to make it seem like those two words rhyme, but they really don’t rhyme. Using words like this to make it...
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...Assonance Poems Assonance happens when the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different. "Tune" and "June" are rhymes; "tune" and "food" are assonant. Example: "I sipped the rim with palatable lip." (The "i" sound is repeated in sipped, rim and lip.) Assonance is a is a difficult sound to achieve in a poem, as it is easier to slip into a rhyming formula. The difficulty here is to have the assonant words near each other, not necessarily rhyme, but rather be more subtle. Underline the examples of assonance in the poems. What are the sounds used? | |El Dorado | |West Beast East Beast |By Edgar Allen Poe | |Upon an island hard to reach, | | |The East Beast sits upon his beach. |Gaily bedight, | |Upon the west beach sits the West Beast. |A gallant knight, | |Each beach beast thinks he’s the best beast. |In sunshine and in shadow, | |Which beast is best?…Well, I thought at first...
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...Poet devices help the writer to set the mood and convey the message and emotions to the reader while reading. Examples of poetic devices would include: assonance, repetition, connotation/denotation etc. When it comes to poetic sense, the six senses, using these in a poem helps to create a stronger image in the mind of the reader. The reason I chose Touchscreen by Marshall D. Jones as the best poem in the world, is because the poet uses a range of different poetic devices to project his emotion into the poem. To begin with, Jones uses repetition from start to finish. “doesn’t it feel good to touch? doesn’t it feel good to touch? doesn’t it feel good to touch?” (line 3-5). By repeating this phrase 3 times, Jones puts emphasis on the fact that,...
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...Essay Plan for ‘Mid Term Break’ by Seamus Heaney Choose a poem which creates a sad atmosphere. Say what the poem is about and go on to show what particular words or phrases help to create the atmosphere. REMEMBER TO: * Check your spelling * Use punctuation correctly * Say why you think the poem is sad * Use a variety of words WORDS YOU COULD USE TO HELP YOU ARE: Sad, unhappy, heartbroken, forlorn, grief-stricken, sorrowful, sombre, atmosphere Paragraph 1 – Introduction In this paragraph you should say: * Title of poem * Author * That it is a sad poem You could start like this; A poem I have read which has a sad atmosphere is...... The atmosphere is sad because... Paragraph 2 – Summary Paragraph In this paragraph you should briefly say what the poem is about, where it takes place, who the speaker in the poem is and why you think it is particularly sad. You could start like this: The poem is about a young boy going home because... Paragraph 3 and 4 In this paragraph you should say what images we see in the poem and why you think they are sad. You should use quotations in this paragraph. Images you should mention are: * His father crying * His mother not able to cry because she is angry * The baby laughing in a room full of sad people * His brother’s corpse * The flowers and candles * His brother’s small coffin You could start like this: There are many sad images in the poem...
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...Jessica Ingram English 102 09/24/2011 ‘’The Road Not Taken’’ is a poem by Robert Frost and it was taken from his own personal experience. He begins to talk about the times when he had to make tough decisions in his life. In the poem it may seem like he regrets his decision and would like to know what the other outcome could be. In my opinion this poem keeps you in suspense and on the edge of your seat. By being a first tine reader I found it very obvious that Frost regretted his decision of path he chose. But at times he seems grateful for his experiences. It depends on what the reader takes from it. The inspiration of this poem came from his friend Edward Thomas of England. Robert and his friend would often take walks through the countryside. He would always choose the path that he thought would have more interest and would show him a better time. But by the end of the walk he would often regret the decision that he made. After the walks he would often ‘sigh’ because he felt he could have chosen a better direction. His friend would always tease him about the regrets he would have over the decisions he would make. When Robert sighs in the poem you can take it to different ways. He could be implying that it was sigh of relief or sign of regret. He could be really happy or regretful about the path that he chose. I learned that he never really told anyone what the sigh meant. He said it was...
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...watch alert: Hublots Or the big face Rollie, I got two of those Arm out the window through the city, I manoeuvre slow Cock back, snap back, see my cut through the holes The verse utilises the verbal technique of assonance and repetition, as the second line utilised the consistent sound of the P being both a rhyming point and repetitive technique. Jay Z continues the use of assonance throughout the rest of the verse repetitively using the ‘O’ sound as a rhyming point, when listening to the song the extra enthuses can be heard on the ‘O’. The verse also contains vast amounts of references towards materialistic items with references to champagne, Hublot watches which are well known for their high price tags and also two Rolex’s which Jay Z has famously covered in diamonds. The song continues with Kanye rapping his first verse Damn Yeezy and Hov, where the hell ya been? Niggas talking real reckless; stuntmen I adopted these niggas, Phillip Drummond them Now I’m about to make them tuck their whole summer in They say I’m crazy, but I’m about to go dumb again They ain't seen me cause I pulled up in my other Benz Last week I was in my other other Benz Throw your diamonds up cause we in this bitch another ‘gain The first 5 lines of the Kanye verse also rely on assonance as they're rhyming point Kanye use’s the sound of “en” “in” as his vital rhyming point where extra enthuses can be heard over the word. Kanye then continues to change his rhyming point and begins to use the repetitive...
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...believe that they are going to die here. Anaphora. - It is when a word is repeated in successive lines in the text. This device is used to emphasize and to give vivid images. Words such as ‘The other’ ‘There is’, ‘It is’ are examples of anaphora that can be found in the poem. ‘We were blessed and now we are not blessed.’ Here, the pronoun we is repeated but this time, to focus on contrast of two different tenses – were blessed and are not blessed. progression in time: it was the same space. It is the same space always. Alliteration- Alliteration is when an initial sound is repeated. This creates an imagery which will help the reader to visualize the scene. E.g. “silver skin” and “deepen to dream”. this can also be consonance. Assonance- Assonance is similar to anaphora, but it is when a vowel is repeated in the words in sequence. An example can be ‘The other knows and out of love’ with repeating “o” sounds. Use of...
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...the chills after listening to a song you are experiencing musical frisson. It is measured dopamine that is released in response to music which causes those chills. Changes in skin conductance, heart rate, breathing, and temperature are correlated with pleasurability ratings of the song. Songs have a big influence on the lives of many. Not just the music but the lyrics itself can carry a strong message. Once you take away the background music you are then just left with words that make up rhymes, metaphors, and such other rhetorical devices that develop literature in songs. The song “Not Afraid” by Eminem is more poetic and artistic than the poem “It Couldn’t Be Done” by Edgar Albert Guest because of the use of similes, metaphors, and assonance. The song “Not Afraid” by Eminem and the poem “It Couldn’t Be Done” by Edgar Albert Guest share aspects of literary elements/devices to create the artistic and poetic ideas of their work. Between the two artistic and poetic pieces they share the same subject of defeating the odds and overcoming the obstacles. In “Not Afraid” he sings, “Everybody (everybody) / Come take my hand (come take my hand) / We'll walk this road together, through the storm/ Whatever weather, cold or warm”(Eminem lines 3-6). Instead of sticking to the bad habits make a change to better for the good. Take that guide if it is being providing because it could direct oneself into the right direction instead of down the wrong one. In the poem “It Couldn’t Be Done” the...
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...OF ENROLLMENT Spring B 2011 WRITING STYLE USED Turabian Thesis “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is a lyrical poem in which the emotion, symbolism, and certain rhythmic patterns are used to emphasize the thematics of the poem and the message the speaker is trying to deliver by writing it. Outline I. Introduction a. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost II. Theme a. Literal: i.e. “fork in the road” as an actual path b. Symbolic: i.e. “fork in the road” as a contemplated decision III. Mood of the speaker a. Uncertain at the opening b. Satisfied with the conclusion in the statement, “and that has made all the difference” IV. Symbolism a. Christian perspective b. Choice between good and evil V. Rhythmic patterns a. Assonance b. Alliteration c. Consonance VI. Conclusion Poetry Essay In order to acceptably examine a poem, the reader must be able to interpret the representation and significances in what the poet has written it. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is a lyrical poem in which the emotion, symbolism, and certain rhythmic patterns are used to accentuate the thematic of the poem. It also helps to interpret the message the author or presenter is trying to send by writing it. Poems often times will have an actual, literal meaning as well as an unseen, symbolic, fundamental meaning that the speaker is trying to express to the reader. For example, in this poem the poet begins by standing at a fork in the road. He takes some time to consider which...
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