Anaphora

Li-Young Lee’s “A Hymn to Childhood” flashes back to the Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China, which took place from 1966 to 1976. During this time, the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong was losing influence because of his failed policy, the Great Leap Forward, and so he wanted to reaffirm his power by starting a sociopolitical movement to eliminate his adversaries and other revisionists. Li-Young Lee infuses this past by including himself as the speaker who narrates…

He emphasizes the importance of cooperation amongst groups by reiterating the idea that “both sides” must be willing to accept the responsibilities that coexist with peaceful world relations (Kennedy). Not only is this quotation an example of anaphora, but it also contains an underlying incorporation of logical appeal that enhances his overall manipulation of the peoples’ pessimistic mindsets. Division was prevalent within the nation during this particular time period in a manner that directly…

Edmund is perhaps the most conniving and clever character in Shakespeare’s King Lear. Armed with the belief that the natural world is injustice, Edmund sets out to bring down the natural order and replace it with his own immorality, which he does not truly realize. In his plot to become the next heir and possible ruler of the kingdom, Edmund puts himself into a complex situation where he has professed love for both sisters, but also has commitments to his mission of eliminating Lear and Cordelia…

“Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein is a poem about an imaginary world where everything is abnormal, but intriguing and extremely impressive. However, only the youth can discover this world and that is by finding the end of the side walk. Their journey is a slow one, where they follow “chalk-white arrows” . At the end of their embarkment, they come to their world filled with the imagination that thrives through their youthful minds. Their dreams and thoughts become reality and this…

Dystopian realities strive to create an idealised world in which authorities attempt to fix the dissatisfactions of the societies with methods that create impenetrable consequences. Speculative science fiction novel Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro, details an alternative 1990s England that exploits organ donation through cloning to combat diseases and medical illness. This text conveys that the pursuit of perfection within contemporary society is the most disturbing aspect of a dystopia…

to decide between the two locations – where the house and town are metonymic of conformity and personal growth respectively. The “bridge” is symbolic of the threshold which the persona must cross. The biblical allusion to the Denial of Peter and anaphora – “Three times” connotes deliberation and contemplation, manifesting the persona’s indecisiveness and conflicting desires: filial duties vs. desire for free expression. The persona’s uncertainty is emphasised by the paradoxical visual imagery of…

The society we are being raised in has shaped us into mindless, mechanical robots. Our opinions are being spoon-fed to us through forms of entertainment to the point where we can’t even think for ourselves anymore. Our status and our worth is based off of how many things you have. Not the measure of intelligence. Not the measure of creativity. The measure of our value is based on material things. Because of this belief that society has engraved in our brains, we all wait for the next best…

author to get more than one idea across to the reader while being able to keep the flow of the story going. The simple sentences add to the colloquial language and the affable tone. In order to emphasize the hopeful theme of the story, King uses an anaphora at the end of his novella. Red finally feels the same freedom and hope that Andy had felt when he says, “I hope Andy is down there. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as…

In the midst of the Civil War and in the wake of the bloodiest battle in American history, where nearly 52,000 Americans lost their lives, and just as many lost their will to fight, Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address to a crowd of 20,000 relatives of the deceased. Only an afterthought following the main eulogy, Lincoln’s address would go onto be the most celebrated speech in American history. From the first words of his address, Lincoln establishes a reverential, formal tone. He…

The Necklace, written by Guy de Maupassant, contains elements and characters that can be interpreted as an expression of Maupassant’s misogynistic portrayal of women. However, there also exist contrasting events and features present in The Necklace that serve to lessen the extent of the misogyny portrayed by Maupassant. This essay will explore a few of these elements, and will discuss the extent of the misogyny shown through Maupassant’s Madame Loisel. Through Madame Loisel’s obsession with…