...about a woman or a job. But it seems like he would take his job over anything. This poem has a little bit of rhyme scheme and rhyme. The poetic devices are repetition and personification. The repetition is how they are repeating over and thorough. The personification is the cowslips tall her pensioners are, in their gold coats spots you see. The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost (contains Imagery & Rhyme Scheme don’t know how to say it) “ The Road Not Taken ” by Robert Frost is about a ‘ Road ’. The Road is used as a metaphor and as an extended metaphor of choices we have to make in life. The form in the road is used as a metaphor throughout the poem, it is termed as an extended metaphor in line 6 where the person is thinking of taking one road but takes another. This could be a metaphor for thinking of your choices before deciding. This could be a metaphor of making decisions during the fall of your life or when you are getting older. In the beginning, the woods are yellow meaning in the autumn. Nature is also used as a metaphor in the poem. A poetic device used in this poem is personification: “ Because it was grassy and wanted wear ” He means, The grass wanted wear but the grass does not have feelings or needs, so...
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...decisions. The poem, "The Road Not Taken" written by Robert Frost is how a road chosen by a traveler had an impact in his life. Through his poem, Frost have shown that the decisions we make should be chosen carefully because not only will it affect our choices in the future, but there is no going back.Throughout the poem, Frost has addressed the idea of making decisions in a melancholic manner. The first stanza revealed the situation: the speaker came across a fork in a road and has to decide which road to take, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood," (1). The line, "And sorry I could not travel both," (2) apprises that he wants to take both roads, however, since it is not possible he decides to make a choice— the other road. "Oh, I marked the first for another day!" (13). His dream of taking the other road someday is crushed by reality. "Yet knowing how way leads on to way/I doubted if I should ever come back," (14-15). This reveals that the decision he had made has already affected the decisions in the future as well. We do not know if the speaker will regret his decision, however, he does tell us that he will be "telling this with a sigh," (16). The sigh can be the cause of happiness or grief by taking the "less traveled by road," (19). However, rather good or bad, it already "made all the difference," (20), therefore, he will have to accept his decision.In addition, we should be able to take risks with our decisions. The speaker chose the less traveled road, "Because it was grassy...
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...English essay Poetry is a way of giving others an insight into our hearts and minds . This is proven in many of John Foulchers poems showing his compassion to the world. He shows this though a range of techniques in his poetry such as similes, personification, metaphors and setting the scene in a very visual way. The poems Loch and Gorge, Summer rain and Lands end all explore how poetry is a way of showing others into hearts and mind. In addition, Poetry is a way of giving others an insight into our hearts and mind. Poet, John shows this in his poem “The Loch and Gorge” with his choose of words showing his care and compassion for the people who died. The lock and Gorge poem is about a tragic accident that happened in 1878, 52 people died and 2 people were sweeper to shore and were the only ones to survive. Therefore the poem that John describes is about a shipwreck. In the first two lines of the poem he sets a visual image of a steep cliff. He uses the words “ weathering cream precipice “, the audience are forced to imagine a damaged gorge possibly from wind or rain over the thousands of years that the gorge has been there. “Precipice” gives the reader a image of a sheer faced cliff (very steep). On the third line he uses the dark interior of earth; it is a unusual way of describing a cave although it is very effect in this situation. John shows uses a simile to describe huge surf, “with a sound like fire controlled” this makes the audience believe the waves are loud...
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...story about WWII. Leisel Meminger, along with her adopted mother and father, hide a Jew in their basement for a long period. Zusak takes the story and uses literary elements to describe in a fashionable way, what it's like in the Hubermann household during this period of hiding. Zuzak uses similes and metaphors to show imagery, takes elements from nature to provide personification, and demonstrates the ethnic culture of Nazi Germany through language to create his writing style. To begin with, Zusak’s writing style consists of many similes and metaphors to describe life on Himmel street like, “It was raining on Himmel Street when the world ended for Liesel Meminger. The sky was dripping. Like a tap that a child has tried its hardest to turn off but hasn’t managed” (Zusak 497). When Max came into the picture it was tough on the Hubermanns, since there was another mouth to feed. Times were so tough that people had to ration their food, many had to stole food as stated by Zusak “The stealing that cemented their friendship completely” (Zusak 149)....
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...Nuckols ID:24404996 WRITING STYLE USED: APA Two Roads, One Choice Jamie Nuckols Liberty University Online Robert Frost (1874-1963) The Road Not Taken - 1920 1. Possible Themes a. Goes own way b. Commitment- stays on path chosen c. Reflection on life with regret 2. Literal Setting a. Time of year- autumn b. In the woods c. Two roads d. evening 3. Mood of Poem a. Undergrowth, Black, Sigh, Difference. Suggests Sadness? b. Doubted- suggests regret? 4. Literary Devices to communicate theme a. Two Roads- One Traveler b. Long I stood c. Kept the first for another day d. I took the one less traveled by Working Thesis Statement The Poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost can be interpreted literally and figuratively. Through Frost’s use of theme, setting, mood and literary devices he sets the stage for the age old dilemma of making decisions in a crisis. Two Roads, One Choice Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” addresses the age old dilemma of making the correct choice and regretting the choice made. A man observes two roads in a wood and through much deliberation chooses the one he thinks has been less worn. The poem can be interpreted literally and figuratively. Through Frost’s use of theme, setting and literary devices he sets the stage for the age old dilemma of making decisions in a crisis. The title of the poem, “The Road Not Taken,” causes readers to begin thinking before they have...
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...to be good again” (202). Here, he is proposing an act of redemption which is adopting Sohrab because the Taliban had “shot [Hassan]in the back of the head” and “shot [Farzana] too” (231). In conclusion, Rahim Khan provided an act of redemption towards Hassan for Amir by using parallelism, diction and metaphors. Artifact Rationale 2 In the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, Rahim Khan portrays his experience of telling the truth about Baba’s sin to Amir with the use of symbols, personification, imagery, and diction. Firstly, in the first line of the poem, Rahim Khan uses the two diverged roads as a symbol to represent the two choices that he had when Amir came to Pakistan which were either to tell Amir about Baba’s sin or keeping Bab’s sin a secret so he can continue his “good life in California” (Hosseini, 234). When Amir refuses to involve himself with Sohrab, Rahim Khan had no choice but to tell him that Ali and Sanubar “didn’t have [Hassan]” in order to save Sohrab from the orphanage and have Amir adopt him. In addition, Rahim Khan uses personification to describe on of the roads as unused. By giving this road a feeling to be travelled upon, it symbolizes Baba’s sins because no one knows about it except for himself and Ali. Furthermore, he uses imagery to describe his freedom in choosing to tell Amir about his father’s sins. In the third stanza, “in leaves no step had trodden black” signifies that they were equally empty. For Rahim Khan, since Ali “had been killed...
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...Works Of Literature In The Road Novel English Literature Essay Contemporary authors are influenced by those who preceded them in terms of both the form and content of their works. This is evident in Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road. McCarthy chooses not to imitate those greats that came before him such as Milton, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, or Tennyson in terms of form; in fact, he deliberately avoids almost all conventional choices in terms of form. However, he is obviously influenced by their ideas. He ties together Wordsworth’s concern at his society losing touch with nature and Tennyson’s exploration of what a society’s priorities should be. He creates a world in which civilization has dissolved and the ecosystem is in chaos. It is implied that the society has lost touch with nature and this has resulted in the death of global civilization. His goal seems to be to awaken the world to the impact that humans have had on the environment and how that can or perhaps will be the source of our downfall. This concern is comparable to the fears of many in the environmental movement that humanity is destroying the natural world and unless drastic changes are made now, this degradation will be permanent. Many prominent politicians in the United States, such as Al Gore, author of An Inconvenient Truth, include environmental responsibility as a core aspect of their political platform. Indeed, in Europe there are many parties whose only focus is environmentally responsible legislation. The...
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...Individuality Born Kathryn Hudson, on October 25, 1984, Katy Perry grew up the middle child of two Christian ministers from Santa Barbara. At 16, Perry released a Christian pop album as Katy Hudson. "It reached literally maybe 100 people," the singer tells Entertainment Weekly, "and then the label went bankrupt." Columbia Records signed her on in 2004 however the label was not amenable with her vision and dropped her before the completion of her album. Perry's commercial breakthrough came in 2008 when she released her first mainstream studio album “One of the Boys.” This was preceded by the release of her first single "I Kissed a Girl". Several successful singles followed thereafter. “Fireworks” was released on October 16, 2010 by Capitol Records as the third single from the album “Teenage Dreams”. This song was considered by Perry as the most important song for her on the album. The song is a self-empowerment anthem with inspirational lyrics regarding participation, public speaking, awareness and exercise of rights, and many more factors that promote individuality. To say this in another way, this song is about the breaking of personal limitation that seem to hold people back. A plastic bag being blown through the wind is aimless and has no control of where it’s going. Katy Perry paints the same picture in her lyrics when she writes that “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again?” The plastic bag in her song is an allusion to the...
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...Linda Hogan, Hogan sheds light into the dark areas in which humanity often disregard. Hogan conveys her overall theme of how things often grow selfish through the use of many rhetorical devices such as personification, chronological structure, and symbolism to explain the beauty of people’s creations throughout the years exemplifying how the previous ancestors are a big contribution to the development of any society. Being a part of society, everyone develops their personal world in which they only understand what they believe and remain ignorant...
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...Ivan Caicedo Professor field English College Now 21 May 2014 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Vocabulary 1. Unobtrusive - inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent; not noticeable or conspicuous 2. Perilous - involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous 3. Imbibed - to absorb liquid or moisture; to absorb or soak up, as water, light, or heat 4. Warren - a building or area containing many tenants in limited or crowded quarters 5. Commodity - an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service; something of use, advantage, or value. 6. Pavilion - a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits 7. Scintillating - animated; vivacious; effervescent; witty; brilliantly clever 8. Phalanx - (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping; a number of individuals, especially persons united for a common purpose. 9. Provender - dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder; food 10. Waistcoat - a man's body garment, often quilted and embroidered and having sleeves, worn under the doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries. 11. Perfunctory - performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic 12. Spasm - a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued...
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...Part 1 No Difference Small as a peanut, Big as a giant, We're all the same size When we turn off the light Rich as a sultan, Poor as a mite, We're all worth the same When we turn off the light. Red, black or orange, Yellow or white, We all look the same When we turn off the light. So maybe the way To make everything right Is for God to just reach out And turn off the light! Sheldon Allan Silverstein This poem was selected by me for many reasons. My faith in God makes me believe that when we look at people without judging, or with the light off, that everyone is the same. When reading this poem I thought about all of the people I know in my life, how they all differ, but how they are all important and the same to me. Each day I try to look people as though the light is off, how God looks at them, and make sure that I do not judge. The style of this poem is shown in many ways. The author writes the poem without any stanzas and uses traditional form. The phrase “when we turn off the light” is repeated multiple times throughout the poem. In addition, after light is mentioned at the end of a line, the following sentence rhymes with the word light. The tone is consistent throughout the poem. Using complete opposites show the reader exactly how different people are. A Wounded Soldier -Gary Ferris A wounded soldier lies alone in bed, While a million thoughts run through his head. He remembers the day when he was strong. When greatness...
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... Final Paper Ashford University Introduction to Literature ENG 125 Submitted: Final Paper Whether reading a short story or a poem, there is always a story to be found within. The authors of these scripts are able to capture readers with the utilization of characterization, rhythm, or a fairytale setting throughout their narrative. It is imagination that sanctions the reader of these literary forms to be able to mentally visualize what the author would like the reader to visually perceive by use of symbolism or descriptive wording. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” or short stories “A Worn Path” or “Used To Live Here Once” – There is a prevalent theme. No matter what solitary journey we find ourselves on, ‘we’ determine how the journey ends. The solitary journey that each of these literary pieces share is presented differently in each inditing. Robert Frost designed “The Road Not Taken” with specific designs in the narrative that revealed for me as the reader that there was a forthcoming journey. Frost also utilized the word “I” many times, which sanctioned me to imagine him alone. Comparative to this example let us compare “A Worn Path” where Welty utilized the word “she” throughout the writing piece. The linguistic choice inspired my imagination to visualize a woman walking alone. This visualization was reinforced in other places of the writing when the character spoke to animals to get out of her way: “Out of my way, all you foxes, owls, and beetles”...
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...that I feel deserve a detailed analysis are 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost and 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke. Robert Lee Frost was quite simply, one of America's leading 20th century poets. It could be because he wrote poems about rural life, drawing a distinct contrast between its innocence and peacefulness , and the depression and corruption of city life. It could also be because he used traditional verse forms that were understood by one and all. It might even be that people sensed his step forward in the direction of modernizing the interplay of rhythm and meter while writing exactly how people spoke. His poetry has been called traditional, experimental, regional, universal and even pastoral. And on the other hand Robert Chawner Brooke was an English poet know for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War. He was also known for boyish good looks. He was an established and rising poet with a strong academic reputation, important literary friends and potentially career changing political links. The reason why I have chosen 'The Road Not Taken' is because this poem deals with the choices we must make in life and the consequences of those choices. Frost is making an allegorical statement that basically says "there is no need to follow the steps of others". Often in life we are asked repeatedly to choose from a series of decisions that are based on the decisions that others before us have taken. That, would be the "known path", or the comfortable...
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...Robert Frost, first four- time Pulitzer Prize winner, was the best colloquial tone writer. This type of writing made his poems simple, clear and ideal. Robert conquered many hardships and persevered throughout his whole life. He took a hard road and found success. Frost is a poet no one will ever forget and his poems will forever carry on. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874. He lived in San Francisco with his father, mother, and sister for eleven years until his father's death. He then moved to the east Massachusetts with his mother and sister to be with his grandparents. Frost continued his life there going to Lawrence High School where he wrote his first poem, and met his wife. There Frost graduated as valedictorian and class poet...
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...Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova State Pedagogical University “Ion Creangă” Foreign Languages and Literature Faculty English Philology Department DIPLOMA PAPER Figurative Language, Language Shaped by Imagination in Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories Submitted by: the 4th year student Paşcaneanu Mariana Group 404 Scientific adviser: Tataru Nina Senior Lecturer Chişinău 2012 Contents INTRODUCTION 2 CHAPTER I: SHORT STORY AS A FORM OF FICTION 5 I.1.Common Characteristics of a Short Story as a Form of Fiction. Its Plot and Structure. 5 I.2. Figurative Language. Definition. Function. 9 I.3. Imagery – Language that Appeals to the Senses 11 I.3.1. Simile, Metaphor and Personification. 13 1.3.2. Symbol and Symbolism. 26 I.3.3 Allegory. 30 CHAPTER II: LANGUAGE SHAPED BY IMAGINATION IN K. MANSFIELD’S SHORT STORIES 36 II.1. Figurative Language, Symbolism and Theme in "Her First Ball": 37 II.2. Katherine Mansfield – Techniques and Effects in A Cup of Tea. 41 II.3. Literary Colloquial Style in “Miss Brill” by K. Mansfield. 49 II.3.1. Lexical features—Vague Words and Expressions 49 II.3.2 Syntactical and Morphological Features 52 II.3.3 Phonological Schemes of the Figures of Speech 55 II.4. Simplifying Figurative Language in K.Mansfield’s Short Stories 60 CONCLUSION 64 BIBLIOGRAPHY 66 APPENDIX 70 INTRODUCTION Figurative Language is the use of words that go beyond...
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