Metaphor is a figure of speech in which one thing is described as if it were something else, often for the purpose of making a comparison. A metaphor is a type of analogy, which is a figure of speech that uses one thing to represent another.
The attitude of the narrator in the prose passage by Ralph Waldo Emerson towards nature is that of pure admiration. He is very found of nature and appreciates its ethereal beauty. Emerson makes use of the literary devices of metaphor, symbolism and personification to help readers understand this admiration. One example of a metaphor Emerson uses is when he states that “nature never wears a mean appearance” (Emerson). This line is an oxymoron. Since nature is, in fact, violent, and…
The extract in context is a part of Act 1 Scene 1 of the novel 'Merchant of Venice' written by William Shakespeare in the 16th century. Written as a Romantic Comedy, it is set in Venice and in the first few paragraphs Shakespeare portrays the elements of male friendship, wealth and trade. He begins the play by introducing the characters of Antonio and his friends Solanio and Salarino. The scene opens with a sense of uncertainty. The uncertainty is depicted…
In Barter by Sara Teasdale, the author uses many literary techniques to enrich the poem, I think he uses three main techniques; these techniques are sensory images, metaphors and similes. The author uses many times sensory images two examples of sensory images in the poem would be: “Soaring fire that sways and sings” and “Scent of pine trees in the rain”. With the first example, we can feel what the author describes. We can feel the heat of the flames…
Explore the way the writer uses language and structure to create strong narrative voices to convey their ideas in "Disabled" by Wilfred Owen and "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou The poem "Disabled" tells the story of an unnamed ex-soldier who has lost his limbs during the War. This affects his life and leads him to reveal the reality and horrors that he has experienced. This poem has an omniscient narrator. However, "Still I rise" is about a person's inner…
Reader response criticism is a school of formal literary theory that focuses on the reader and their experience of literature. A prime thematic or style that can be found in many of Neil Gaiman’s novels is his manner of taking the unknown and mysterious and presenting it to the reader in an ironic but authentic way. This style is prevalent throughout both American Gods and Anansi Boys and because of the nature of these books, it enhances interactions the main…
Robert Frost was a successful poet for many reasons. He was well known for the diction used in all his poems. Along with diction, he was widely known for the complexity of his poems. Imagery also was key in many of Frost poems because of the way he described events, people and places. He appealed to many Americans because of the life lessons told in many of his poetry. In all, Frost was one of the most popular poets in…
“The Metaphor” Questions 1. The metaphors Charlotte makes for her mother and Miss Hancock are very accurate. Charlotte compares her mother to a “white picket fence” with “thorny bushes and barbed wire” on the other side (72). Charlotte’s mother is a very beautiful person on the outside. She has great hair and a great figure, but deep down she is not that good of a person. She is a very emotionless and stern woman. In the last few paragraphs of…
Acceptance Speech Martin Luther King was an African American activist and leader who dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for coloured people in America. Grown up in a Baptist family, Christianity held a huge fascination for Martin Luther King, which is often reflected in his speeches. In 1964, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his achievements in the struggle for equality and independence for coloured people. When receiving the award, Martin Luther King expresses his appreciation by…
What is being personified in this passage? fortune What is the effect of Hamlet's use of similes in this passage? It creates a feeling of greatness by comparing humans to divine beings. Write two to three sentences in which you identify the type of figurative language Hamlet uses here and analyze its meaning and effects. Hamlet is using a metaphor to compare Denmark, his home, to a prison. This metaphor shows that, like someone in prison, Hamlet feels as if…
Often non fiction tries to convey emotion and thought rather than simply providing information in order to move the reader. A piece of non fiction which has had a lasting impression on me is "Letter to Daniel" by the Irish foreign correspondent, Fergal Keane. This piece of writing is written in the form of a letter in which Keane has put across moving reflections about his first child's birth. To show the strong and great effect his son has brought…
'One flesh' by Elizabeth Jennings has the overall impression after reading the poem that it is about 2 old people who have grown apart from being with each other for so long. It is written in 1st person, by one of their children, who is observing them 'lying apart' It is visible that one of the descendants is telling the poem from lines such as 'whose fire from which I came' and 'these two who are my father and mother'.…
"Digging" by Seamus Heaney, reveals how the author looked up to his dad and grandpa. He sees his dad, who is now old, "straining" to dig "flowerbeds", the poet remembers him in his prime, digging "potato drills". Even previously, he remembers his grandfather, digging peat. He can not match "men like them" with a spade, but he sees that the pen is, "tight as a gun", more comfy for him and with it he will dig into his past and…
Myths and cultural past of India has been a favourite choice of Salman Rushdie partly because he has a tenuous link with his land which gives tremendous leaps to his thoughts and fancy and partly because India asa major literary subject helps him win the favour of his western audience by catering to their devious curiosity about Indian ethos. As a literary strategy he mixes the fiction of his mind with the material picked up from the past for for…
Blackberry-picking is a retrospective and recollecting poem by Seamus Heaney. In it he mentions one of his childhood incidents. The poem is sensuous and appeals to the five senses. He uses various poetic devices to depict a memorable picture in our minds. Usage of the five senses is very important to the success of treating a picture in our minds about what the experiences of blackberry-picking must have been like for Heaney. He writes about the sight of the blackberries,…
Mark Twain writes an efficient comparison and contrast of his views on a river in the brief excerpt "Two Views of a River", found on page 203 in The College Writer: A guide to believing, composing, and researching. Twain writes with the purpose of engaging his readers to a subject that he cares about and writes of with intense feeling. He uses promoting ideas to hold the attention of the reader by utilizing numerous sensory information of the marvelous river…
1. What is the ‘naming of parts’ that the title of the poem refers to? The naming of parts refers to the rifle lesson in the poem, with the soldiers being taught about the parts of the rifle. 2. The first stanza identifies the timeframe of this poem. Explain why ‘yesterday’, ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’ might be significant. This talks about the past, present and future, which is why it is significant. 3. Explain the simile that compares Japonica to coral…
In Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, metaphors concerning the moon, flowers, and Cupid are prevalent and have a significant impact on the play. The play focuses on a romantic situation between four Athenians: Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius. As the story unravels, many comparisons are made to enhance the language and the messages that the characters try to convey. The moon is personified as a chaste woman who can be both gentle and fiery. Flowers are used as romantic…
Emily Dickinson foregrounds the simple pleasure of reading an enjoyable book by four striking metaphors: 1. A book is compared to a "frigate" - a light sailing vessel capable of travelling at high speeds. 2. light verse is compared to a "courser" - a very swift horse. 3. The escapist pleasure which an enjoyable read provides is compared to a toll free highway which even the poorest of the poor can afford. 4. The human body is compared to the…
References Navaneedhan, Cittoor Girija "Reflective Teaching-Learning Process of Integrating Metaphorical Thinking and Visual Imagery", Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, No. 2, 2012, pp. 407-410, doi:10.4236/jbbs.2012.23047 Abstract: Reflective teaching-learning process= self evaluation technique= promoting motivation Metaphorical thinking= natural process of human mind by findind similarity between two different universes of meaning Visual imagery= natural process in which human brain associates text material with structures in one’s own mind’s eye Introduction: Reflective teaching methodology= constructivist approach The learners construct new knowledge…
Dickinson utilizes the metaphor of a funeral service in her poem "I felt a Funeral service in my Brain" to explain abstract feelings related to stressful scenarios that might damage or eliminate everything that a specific values in life. The poem is rather liberal in the sense that it allows multiple readings where the reader might ascribe the feelings explained in the poem to various circumstances that are challenging to handle in life. Obviously, to include dimension to the poem,…
Before analyzing this story, it is important to mention that Richard Gordon used to be a practicing doctor before he started his career as a writer. His stories are based on personal experience, what makes them more striking. The story is highly emotional and ironical first person narration which tells about medical students’ experience of passing their final examinations. The text is clearly divided into three parts according to the stages of examinations. The first part tells about students’ attitude…
Martin Luther King’s speech, ‘I have a Dream’ may be considered on two levels, and the first is on the level of its content. Supposing one did not hear the speech delivered and only read a transcript or a printed copy of the speech, it is surprising that many things work independently for the written form of the speech in the ability of the speech to persuade. One very glaring element that one easily notices is the presence of various…
Abstract This paper deals with translation ambiguity and target polysemy problems together. many Words have more than one translation across languages. Such translation ambiguous words are generally translated more slowly and less Accurately than their unambiguous counterparts. Additionally, there are multiple source of translation ambiguity including within language semantic ambiguity and near synonymy, the present study examines the extent to which word context and translation dominance reduce the difficulties associated with translation ambiguity , using the primed stemming from the…
Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language. Figurative language is the use of language to describe something by comparing it to something else. It serves many linguistic purposes. It allows people to express abstract thoughts. It creates tone and communicates emotional content. The ability to use figurative language in writing can make a poem or story more enjoyable for the reader. Figurative language is taking words beyond their literal meaning and can…
The Poem “Introduction to Poetry” is by Billy Collins, an English poet, and it is about how teachers often force students to over-analyze poetry and to try decipher every possible meaning portrayed throughout the poem rather than allowing the students to form their own interpretation of the poem based on their own experiences. Throughout the poem, a number of literary devices are used. For example: “or press an ear against its hive”. Using this metaphor, Billy Collins is comparing the…
"Countries are starving because of the World Trade Company or the World Bank or from mining the hell out of the world. My state is entirely infested with mining business that are essentially digging holes all over and are disenfranchising people in the process. When I take a look at all this stuff, it's quite overwhelming. As a person of the world, it does not feel natural, and it doesn't feel right. The tune is an observation of those things…
“Monologue for an Onion” is an ingenious method for layering meaning through metaphor. The poem uses the simple task of peeling an onion as a metaphor for complicated and malicious relationships between people. The onion as a metaphor does not seem extraordinary in itself; but, upon reading one will discover that the author discusses “layers” and peeling them away to receive the truth. This is true; however, there is a larger irony at play here. Suji Kwock Kim, the author gives a sense that the onion is begging someone to stop peeling, cutting, chopping and relentlessly searching, while…
Cultural metaphors is a cultural system wherein people with the same beliefs, traditions, ideologies, morals or values associate with each other. People belonging to the same culture, share or participate in a particular interest activity, event, or organization, and any other means, that represents their culture is an example of a cultural metaphor. (Gannon, 2008) Moreover, these interest activities, events, organizations, etc. are specifically identified to one particular culture, influencing the way of life of its people. Cultural metaphors create…
What significant ideas relating to belonging are explored in your related text? In the 1969 poem “An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow” by influential Australian poet Les Murray many key themes are explored, for example belonging. Significant ideas such as acceptance and fear of both individuality and conformity are intensely critiqued in this poem by using a grown man to depict the fear of abnormality and segregation within society. Belonging can be perceived as a sense of segregation, compliance and idiosyncrasy states…
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How does the author use literary techniques to enhance her theme in the story 'Sandpiper'? “Sandpiper” by Ahdaf Soueif is a story about the narrator, who is a European woman that is recollecting her relationship with her husband and family, which shows the reader her feelings and how the husband has affected her life. The antagonist is the speaker itself as she experiences an internal conflict with herself. The writer uses literary techniques such as metaphor, personification, imagery, repetition, juxtapose…
When a person has watched a film, advertisement or read a book, there are distinct elements that are evident throughout the work of art that seemingly communicate more than their surface meaning. This essay seeks to demonstrate how metaphor, connotation and metonym are usually used in distinct cultural texts such as in books, film and others. It specifically applies the basic concepts of communication theory to cultural texts, objects and images. Body Communication theory lays emphasis on exchange and production…
Cultural texts can be described by Vanhoozer et al, as any work that is done by human beings that has a meaning because it is done intentionally and not as a fluke or by reflex. They include newspaper articles, books and other printed material, objects, images, spaces, films and music (Vanhoozer et al. , 2007, p. 248). There are a number of aspects of the English language (figures of speech) that are used in the writing of cultural texts to…
"Legal Alien," a collection from "Chants," is a short free versed poem written by Pat Mora. The poem explores the lives of Mexican-Americans and the cultural tension they have to face. The poet discusses a bi-cultural person whose parents are from Mexico but the person was born and raised in America and is an American citizen by law. Although he can speak fluent English and Spanish, he still has a hard time being accepted by both or one race. Mora's…
“He who never made a mistake never made a discovery”- is a quote by Samuel Smiles. Everyone has made a discovery at least once in their lives whether it has been unintentional or made through curiosity it can be a key aspect of transforming an individual in some way. I am here to inform you about the value of studying a new area of study; discovery for you year elevens. Discoveries can be unexpected and can be confronting but these…
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The civil rights movement was one of the most pivotal periods in United States history, and Martin Luther King was one of the most influential. In Martin Luther King's speech, "Segregation and the Future", to convey the theme of freedom he uses rhetorical devices such as repetition and metaphors. In his speech, the use of repetition was used to better convey his points and to let the audience know what he wants with clarity. An example of this repetition is…
In his address Education by Poetry given at Amherst College in 1930, Robert Frost introduces the two roles of poetry in education. The first role is that through poetry we cultivate our taste. The second role, which is said to be more crucial, is that poetry teaches us how to discern and understand metaphor in our life. Having read that poetry helps us with our handling metaphor, I naturally reached one simple question. Why is it important to have an…
1.In paragraphs two, ten, and twelve of "Once More to the Lake," White's brilliant use of metaphors, similes, and personification illustrates a lucid image of the speaker's intertwining past and present for the reader. White starts paragraph ten with a fragment, "Peace and goodness and jollity," and creates a great emphasis on his past and current feelings. He continues to illustrate his past memories with a personification of the vocal senses as he explains the sound of the motorboats; "the…
In his play, "As You Like It," and generally in all his writing William Shakespeare uses a lot of metaphors. In, "As You Like It," he has Rosalind who is disguised as boy named Ganymede use an interesting metaphor that explores the relationship between the consumption of time and the movement of a horse based on mood or pleasure. In my opinion the only reason that Rosalind ever uses the metaphor is to try to convince Orlando, the man she…
How close have you come to dying? What value do you place on your own life? Mary Oliver poses these very deep and thought-provoking questions to the reader in her short poem, "Alligator Poem."In the poem, the persona has an experience in which she comes very close to death: an alligator walks by her as she drank some water out of a river while sitting on a riverbank. Oliver describes it in this way: "I didn't understand/I drank up to…
The title of the poem gives off the initial impression that the poem may focus on refugees: one who flees to seek refuge, The lives of refugee children, their parents, their feelings, their emotions and their pain. 'For a son she soon would have to forget'. This foreshadows the idea that her son is dying, and she would have to forget him to adapt to her tragic loss. 2 The metaphor in the fist stanza, 'No Madonna and Child could…
...Having their second attempt refuted, Solanio tries to work out an answer. He feels Antonio is sad just because he is not happy. In Solanio's speech, Shakespeare again makes a comparison. Shakespeare makes an implied comparison between the two headed ...
...The connection with her and her grandfather started with being distant but through their relationship and the death of her grandfather the discovery is made. Robert Gray also uses his relationships with the nature which helps to convey the concept of...
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