...July 16th 2014 The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is the best poem in the world. Poe uses an assortment of poetic techniques to shape The Raven into an interesting piece of literature to read. Poe uses symbolism, imagery, connotation, and a variety of sound devices in the poem to give it an efficient effect. In the poem, a man is resting in his room half reading and half falling asleep trying to forget his love he seems to be obsessed with the idea of, Lenore, when he receives a knock on his door. He opens the door to find no one there; he is a little afraid and then reassures himself that it’s the wind against the window. He opens the window so there isn’t any more knocking and in flies a raven. The man’s first instinct is to talk with the raven. He asks the raven its name and it replies “Nevermore”. The man begins asking more questions and the raven responds with the same word “Nevermore”. Eventually, he slowly stops asking questions and loses his sanity. Poe uses distinctive symbols within The Raven to represent various things. Poe’s first use of a symbol is the protagonist’s love he seems to be obsessed with, Lenore. In lines ninety-four to ninety-five is the man’s final time he mentions Lenore. He calls her "sainted," "rare" and "radiant." In the man’s sense, Lenore is unlike a real person. She is a symbol of what he thinks is a perfect, unspoiled and unattainable woman. Another symbol Poe uses is darkness in line twenty-four. Darkness represents...
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...The poem, “The Raven” written by Edgar Allen Poe is a very exceptional poem with several poetic devices like Alliteration, Personification, Metaphor, Connotation, and Foreshadowing that all work together to create an effect based around several themes such as Sadness, love and depression. “The Raven” uses musical sounds and rhythmic pattern style of writing. To carry out this musical effect, Poe uses internal rhyme “Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December” (Raven: 7). He also uses end rhyme “Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door/ This it is, and nothing more" Raven: 17-18) and a regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. This form of writing uses a stressed syllable then unstressed syllable, “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary” (Raven: 1) indicated by the highlighted words. This type of meter is known as trochaic octameter. Edgar Allen Poe created a dark and gloomy atmosphere from the beginning all the way to the end of “The Raven”. The ways Poe orchestrates this setting is by using Alliteration “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” (Raven: 1) which represent the time of day the narrator is situated in and it also shows the feelings that is triggered by a long day or some other force. There are also certain words that were used that have many different meanings which is known as Connotation. Some of these are “Ponder” (Raven: 1) which brings the idea of struggling...
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...Lesson 9 The Raven: Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more.” Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore. And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating “’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door— Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;— This it is and nothing more.” Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;— Darkness there and nothing more...
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...Term Paper ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe verfasst von Maria Weber handed in on 16th of February 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………........3 2. Poem…………………………………………………………………………………………3 3. Story…………………………………………………………………………………………7 4. External structure……………………………………………………………………………8 5. Complex phonological structures 5.1. Rhyme scheme………………………………………………………………………...9 5.2. Alliteration…………………………………………………………………………….9 5.3. Consonance……………………………………………………………………………9 5.4. Assonance……………………………………………………………………………10 5.5. Onomatopoeia………………………………………………………………………..10 6. Complex morphological and syntactic structures 6.1. Epiphora……………………………………………………………………………...11 6.2. Anaphora……………………………………………………………………………..12 6.3. Epanalepsis…………………………………………………………………………...12 6.4. Figura etymologica…………………………………………………………………...12 6.5. Synonymy……………………………………………………………………………12 6.6. Parallelism……………………………………………………………………………12 7. Complex semantic structures: Imagery 7.1. Personification………………………………………………………………………..13 7.2. Metaphors…………………………………………………………………………….13 7.3. Simile………………………………………………………………………………...14 8. Psychoanalytical approach…………………………………………………………………14 9. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………...…….15 10. Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………16 11. Webliography……………………………………………………………………………..17 ...
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...In the play Romeo and Juliet, there are several themes shown as well as forms of figurative language used to show them. When writing, Shakespeare uses figurative language in the form of metaphors, similes, personification, and imagery in order to advance the overall theme, the brutality of love. The brutality of love in this play is that a boy who may seem to be fully committed to one girl, can so easily turn to be in love with another when he is not given his way, as well as the fact that love may not always last forever when the fate of love is put in the hands of other people, and there are always outside forces urging the two of them to stay away from each other. All of this is seen occurring very early in Romeo and Juliet, and continues...
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...------------------------------------------------- List of kennings From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A kenning (Old Norse kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary nounin Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that character's article. For example, the Odin article links to a list of names of Odin, which include kennings. Only a few examples of Odin's kennings are given here. For a scholarly list of kennings see Meissner's Die Kenningar der Skalden (1921) or a good edition of Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál ------------------------------------------------- Source language abbreviations[edit] * OE - Old English * D - Danish | * G - Germanic * Ic - Old Icelandic * N - Norse * ON - Old Norse | * Nor - Norwegian * S - Swedish | ------------------------------------------------- List of Kennings[edit] Primary Meaning | Kenning Translated | Original Kenning | Explanation | Source Language | Example | axe | blood-ember | | | N | | battle | spear-din | | | N | Snorri SturlusonSkaldskaparmal | blood | slaughter-dew | | | N | | blood | battle-sweat | | One reference for this kenning comes from the epic poem, Beowulf. As Beowulf is in fierce combat withGrendel's Mother, he makes mention of shedding much battle-sweat. | N | Beowulf | blood | wound-sea | svarraði sárgymir | | N | Eyvindr...
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...meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it. Examples are metaphor, simile, or personification. Stylistic devices often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as". It takes the form of: * X is (not) like Y * X is (not) as Y * X is (not) similar to Y Examples of simile: * He fights like a lion. * He swims as fast as a fish. * He slithers like a snake. * "My dad was a mechanic by trade when he was in the Army, When he got the tools out, he was like a surgeon." What is a metaphor? Unlike simile, metaphor (from the Greek language: meaning "transfer") is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. It is a figure of speech that compares two or more things not using like or as. In the simplest case, this takes the form: X - is - Y Examples of metaphor: All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2/7) Example: “Henry was a lion on the battlefield”. This sentence suggests that Henry fought so valiantly and bravely that he embodied all the personality traits we attribute to the ferocious animal. This sentence implies immediately that Henry was courageous and fearless, much like the King of the Jungle. What is Personification? Personification is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are...
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...English - Final Exam Terms to Know The following link is very helpful: Examples Glossary from Your Dictionary Alliteration In alliteration, the first consonant sound is repeated in several words. A good example is “wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken”. Alliteration can be fun, as in tongue twisters like: “Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the king's kitchen 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy. Carries cat clawed her couch, creating chaos. Dan’s dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove. Eric’s eagle eats eggs, enjoying each episode of eating. Examples of Alliteration Allusion “I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.” This refers to the story of Pinocchio, where his nose grew whenever he told a lie. It is from The Adventures of Pinocchio, written by Carlo Collodi. “When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.” Scrooge was an extremely stingy character from Charles Dickens’, A Christmas Carol. “I thought the software would be useful, but it was a Trojan Horse.” This refers to the horse that the Greeks built that contained all the soldiers. It was given as a gift to the enemy during the Trojan War and, once inside the enemy's walls, the soldiers broke out. By using trickery, the Greeks won the war. “He was a real Romeo with the ladies.” Romeo was a character...
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...Murdeh Bod (The baboon whose buffoon was dead). The collected stories Puppet Show and The baboon whose buffoon was dead have exerted profound influence on modern Persian literature. Then there was a gap of some fifteen years before Ruze Avvale Qabr (The First Night in the Grave) and (The Last Alms) were published in 1965 and 1966, respectively. After the publication of The Last Alms and The First Night of the Grave, Chubak wrote his novel The Patient Stone, which is a great modern novel in the Persian literature. Chubak also translated Shakespear’s Othello, Roland’s La Fin du Voyage, and Balzac’s Le P Gorio Goriot, Pinokio (the wooden dummy) the work of Carlo, ‘‘Carlo Kuludy’’, Lewis Carroll’s book ‘‘Alice in Wonderland’’, the poetry of raven and (work of Edgar Allen poet), and Maah pareh; a Hindis love story into Persian. In his works, Chubak studies the lives of downtrodden people of the society who were victimized by iniquities and natural deterministic forces. Sympathetic to the sorrows and miseries of such people, he dispenses one single solution, combating corruption and injustice. Chubak’s retirement coincided with the onset of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. An atheist since his early childhood, he found living in the Islamic Republic difficult. In 1974, ergo, he moved to London, England, first and then to the United States where he picked up residency in California to write his memoirs. Chubak passed away on July 12, 1988 at the age of 82 in Berkeley, California, U.S...
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...Table of Contents Table of Contents2 Introduction4 Expectancy Theory 12 A team is a set of people with a range of different skills that will ideally have objectives that contribute to the overall corporate strategy of the business (The times 100).13 13 Factors Promoting Development of Effective Teamwork in Organisations13 Communication14 Diversity14 Evaluation of the impact of Technology on organisations (LO 4.3) 14 Conclusion 14 Bibliography14 Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital17 John Lewis Partnership17 Organisational Culture18 CONCLUSION19 Bibliography19 Executive Summary This report is for the principal of City College, Mr Wakefield as they are preparing to take over Abbey College, a college that, due to recession, it went into administration. It will start with a comparison between different organisational structures and cultures and will continue with an explanation on how the relationship between structure and culture can impact performance in a company. I will discuss the factors which influence individual behavior at work. I will also compare the effectiveness of different leadership styles and will discuss the impact of these styles may have in organisations. I will continue with explaining how organizational theory underpins the practice of management and I will evaluate different approaches to management used by different organisations and will compare the application of different motivational theories within the workplace. I will also...
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...Ancient Greece The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, located on the Acropolis in Athens, is one of the most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks. Part of a series on the | Modern Greece.Septinsular Republic.War of Independence.First Hellenic Republic.Kingdom of Greece.National Schism.Second Hellenic Republic.4th of August Regime.Axis occupation (collaborationist regime).Civil War.Military Junta.Third Hellenic Republic | History by topic.Art.Constitution.Economy.Military.Names | History of Greece | | Neolithic Greece.Neolithic Greece | Greek Bronze Age.Helladic.Cycladic.Minoan.Mycenaean | Ancient Greece.Homeric Greece.Archaic Greece.Classical Greece.Hellenistic Greece.Roman Greece | Medieval Greece.Byzantine Greece.Frankish and Latin states.Ottoman Greece | | Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BCto the end ofantiquity (c. 600 AD). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in ancient Greece is the period ofClassical Greece, which flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries BC. Classical Greece began with the repelling of a Persian invasion by Athenian leadership. Because of conquests by Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Hellenistic civilization flourished fromCentral Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. Classical Greek culture...
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...Reflections Of Love Table of Contents Prologue Storge (Affection in families)-Definition The Little Black Boy- William Blake Winter Trees- Sylvia Plath Mother to Son- Langston Hughes Philia (Friendship)- Definition Love and Friendship- Emily Bronte Time to Talk- Robert Frost Eros (Romance)- Definition Somewhere Never Traveled- E.E. Cummings Wind and Window- Robert Frost She Walks in Beauty- Lord George Byron Agape (Unconditional Love)- Definition How Do I Love Thee- Elizabeth Barrett Browning Love is More Thicker than Forget- E.E. Cummings Biographies Epilogue Storge Affection Affection- is the love through familiarity, especially between family members or people who have otherwise found themselves together by chance. It is described as the most natural, emotional feeling because it is outcome of love due to family ties. Fatefully, it is the strong point what makes it the most defenseless. The affection is “built-in” and as a consequence people expect it. Prologue This poetry anthology is a collection of poems, which shows the people's view of love. As I am a hopeless romantic, I chose this topic. I think the journey that life takes us all on is one filled with many adventures. I believe to truly live life to the fullest would be to love. If a person can say that he or she has never truly been loved or loved someone then he or she has never really lived. The feeling of love is so euphoric. The...
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...THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES JOSEPH CAMPBELL BO I. L I N G EN SERIES XVII PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND PRESS P R I N C E T O N OXFORD Copyright © 2004 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton Unhxmt^Pms, U WiffiaM SUrtt, Pnnceton, New Jersey 08540; im^inii!-. •:-..• punght i 1-49 by Botiingen e d i t i o n l n ' i l h Foundation, rc't.'itii.yi •: • andpttt t*j''!' !_•"' . !.,.: b% :''ohi: •• Bough, one-volume edition, p. 386. Copyright, 1922 by The MacmiUan Company and used with their permission). Compare Sigmund Freud: "I recognized the presence of symbolism in dreams from the very beginning. But it was only by degTees and as my experience increased that I arrived at a full appreciation of its extent and significance, and I did so under the influence of . . . Wilhelm Stekel. . . . Stekel arrived at his interpretations of symbols by way of intuition, thanks to a peculiar gift for the direct understanding of them. . . . Advances in psycho-analytic experience have brought to our notice patients who have shown a direct understanding of dream-symbolism of this kind to a surprising extent. . . . This symbolism is not peculiar to dreams, hut is characteristic of unconscious ideation, in particular among the people, and it is to be found in folklore, and in popular myths, legends, linguistic idioms,, proverbial wisdom and current jokes, to a more complete extent than in dreams." {The Interpretation of Dreams, translated by...
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...MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION This module provides an overview on the subject of art appreciation for those entirely new to the subject. This is a complex topic to deal with and it is impossible to have a truly comprehensive discussion on the topic in such a brief essay. The student is advised to consult more advanced texts to gain further understanding of how to appreciate art more fully. HUMANITIES: What is it? • The term Humanities comes from the Latin word, “humanitas” • It generally refers to art, literature, music, architecture, dance and the theatre—in which human subjectivity is emphasized and individual expressiveness is dramatized. HOW IMPORTANT IS HUMANITIES • The fields of knowledge and study falling under humanities are dedicated to the pursuit of discovering and understanding the nature of man. • The humanities deal with man as a being of purpose, of values, loves, hates, ideas and sometimes as seer or prophet with divine inspiration. • The humanities aim at educating. THE ARTS: What is it? • The word “art” usually refers to the so-called “fine arts” (e.g. pictorial, plastic, and building)– and to the so-called “minor arts” (everyday, useful, applied, and decorative arts) • The word “art” is derived from arti, which denotes craftsmanship, skill, mastery of form, inventiveness. • Art serves as a technical and creative record of human needs and achievements. The word 'art' is often used in our daily lives. However, when...
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...few days, the leaves mature to green. Figurative Language Figurative language uses "figures of speech" - a way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the words. For example, "All the world's a stage" Frost often referred to them simply as "figures." Frost said, "Every poem I write is figurative in two senses. It will have figures in it, of course; but it's also a figure in itself - a figure for something, and it's made so that you can get more than one figure out of it." Cook Voices p235 Metaphor A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two things essentially unalike. To Frost, metaphor is really what poetry is all about. He is notably a poet of metaphors more than anything else. This is so important, we should hear directly from the poet. Frost said," Poetry begins in trivial metaphors, pretty metaphors, 'grace metaphors,' and goes on to the profoundest thinking that we have. Poetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another. People say, 'Why don't you say what you mean?' We never do that, do we, being all of us too much poets. We like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections - whether from diffidence or from some other instinct". ... Excerpt from an essay entitled "Education by Poetry" by Robert Frost. Examples: The Silken Tent. A woman is admired for her strength and beauty, like a silken tent. Note the strength of the silk and cedar. Putting in the Seed. The planting of seed in the garden...
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