Ralph Waldo Emerson, a 19th century poet, shook the country with his eye-catching lectures and philosophical beliefs. In his essay, “Self-Reliance,” he uses sundry figures of speech to impart his beliefs to his readers. To come to the point, Emerson assertsthat you can choose your path in life and make the best out of it.
To begin with, Emerson’s ways of using figures of speech is complicated but expressive. Some of the figures of speech I detected were metaphors and personifications. Emerson’s use of metaphors helped bring knowledge to your own life and how you get through it. For example, Emerson said on page 185, paragraph 1, “no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to till.” Ralph Waldo Emerson is stating in other words that you have to work hard in order to get what you want and where you want to be. The phrase …show more content…
Personification. Ralph Waldo Emerson stated that each one of us have our own perspectives on life. His exact words were, “The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray.” The eye will be our perspective and the ray would be our life. Life can be how you want it to be, depending on how you view it though. If you’re always depressed or not doing anything with your life, I can assure that you will view life differently from those who do various things with their lives.
As can be seen, Ralph Waldo Emerson stated many things. I only explain two that caught my attention. They are extremely confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, you’ll instantly know what he’s saying. Emerson was always a gentleman who used figures of speech. It’s difficult to understand, but that’s just Emerson setting another example for us. Showing us how difficult life can be depending on your perspective and how you decide to do things. Ralph Waldo Emerson believed a person must always trust and be
To begin with, Emerson’s ways of using figures of speech is complicated but expressive. Some of the figures of speech I detected were metaphors and personifications. Emerson’s use of metaphors helped bring knowledge to your own life and how you get through it. For example, Emerson said on page 185, paragraph 1, “no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to till.” Ralph Waldo Emerson is stating in other words that you have to work hard in order to get what you want and where you want to be. The phrase …show more content…
Personification. Ralph Waldo Emerson stated that each one of us have our own perspectives on life. His exact words were, “The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray.” The eye will be our perspective and the ray would be our life. Life can be how you want it to be, depending on how you view it though. If you’re always depressed or not doing anything with your life, I can assure that you will view life differently from those who do various things with their lives.
As can be seen, Ralph Waldo Emerson stated many things. I only explain two that caught my attention. They are extremely confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, you’ll instantly know what he’s saying. Emerson was always a gentleman who used figures of speech. It’s difficult to understand, but that’s just Emerson setting another example for us. Showing us how difficult life can be depending on your perspective and how you decide to do things. Ralph Waldo Emerson believed a person must always trust and be