1. Ray Bradeburry wrote Dandelion Wine because it almost seems like it goes through the moments of his life. It explains imagination, almost as if your a 12 year old reading the book and how children think about things differently than adults. He uses dandelions throughout the book as a continuous metaphor, so he also wrote the book to be a continuous metaphor so it would be more interesting. 2.…
“Winter Dreams” is an excellent short story. The setting and tone of “Winter Dreams” draw the reader into the story wonderfully. The story “Winter Dreams” takes place mainly in Black Bear, Minnesota, sometime before World War I. The town sounds, to the reader, idyllic and peaceful.…
The Animals of Cold Mountain The characters in Cold Mountain are often hard to identify with as they are from the past and have experienced vastly different situations than the people of today. In order to make the characters feel more relatable Charles Frazier, the author of the book, utilizes the motif of insect animal and nature appearances. Frazier integrates the motif into his book with imagery and uses the animals as symbols for the reader to identify with.…
Vodcast Script Hello and welcome to another episode of 'Poetic Voices '. In this episode we will be analysing the song 'Moonstruck ' by Kev Carmody. Kev Carmody is the son of an Irish father and Murri mother, who both come from a powerful oral tradition. This means that he grew up with music around him, and he still talks of the songs he was first taught through his ancestors. Carmody career in music began while he was in university, however he did not, and still doesn 't see himself as the typical "musician" the way most musicians see themselves.…
As one of the most iconic American poets, Robert Frost’s work has stood the test of time. Though born in California, Frost moved to New England at age eleven and came to identify himself as a New Englander. That self-identification would become a staple of his later works as he would invest “in the New England terrain” and make use of the “simplicity of his images” (Norton Anthology, p. 727) accompanied by uncomplicated writing to give his poems a more natural feel. Frost’s poems were generalized by certain types: nature lyrics, which described a scene or event, dramatic narratives or generalizations, and humorous or sardonic works. His widely anthologized poem “Fire and Ice” falls between the categories of nature lyrics while also being somewhat…
In the poem “Crossing the Swamp” by Mary Oliver, the speaker tries to navigate the terrain of a difficult landscape. He/ she has a complex relationship with the swamp that is the focus of the poem. By employing expert diction/imagery, parallelism, personification, and symbolism, Oliver suggests that the speaker struggles with the swamp but also appreciates its endless capabilities for redemption.…
1. Lively feelings, in which our heart is tattooed with marks of nostalgia and suffering. They are in my opinion, what makes each person grow as a human being to their potential end. Professor Postman in his book "The World Weavers / The World Makers" does not mention the importance of the relationship between feelings and metaphors and how this combination can take us to places never lived. Based on my experience as a human being - a testament to imperfection - circumstances like those mentioned above are to blame for the sweetest and most hurtful metaphors.…
Have you ever wondered about where Jack Frost came from? Many people have come up with answers for this but are still unsure. There are many stories about this character. No one has come to a clear answer for this subject. Jack Frost is imaginary character who keeps the frost, has white hair, and does mischievous things sometimes.…
Authors in both Stalinist Russia and Francoist Spain used metaphors to critique their totalitarian governments, but the manner in which they use these metaphors and the surrounding structure create very different tones in works representative of the era. Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita and Evegny Shvartz’s The Dragon humorously critique Stalin’s regime in an almost mocking tone while Nada and Historia de una Escalera lament the quality of post war life under Franco.…
The two pieces of writing “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “"Live like you were Dying"” both have a theme about life, even though “Stopping by the Woods” uses metaphors and symbolism to show it. “Stopping by the Woods” talks about a man traveling with his horse and stopping by the woods when he know he needs to keep going, but it really means to talk about how you should not stop in life but you should keep going to reach your goals. “"Live like you were Dying"” Talks about how you need to make the most out of life, because you never know when it is going to end. “Stopping in the Woods” uses metaphors, symbolism, sensory language, rhyme, and repetition to portray the message. In “Stopping in the Woods” the entire poem is metaphorical…
The idea of dying, and death itself is something that one normally has dread for, yet for some it is acceptable as life. In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Because I could not stop for Death,” the speaker depicts her encounter with Death as being part of a rather pleasant experience. To help shift away the negative perspective generally attributed to death, Dickinson creates an intimate connection between the subject and the speaker through the implementation and manipulation of various literary devices. It is through figurative language that Dickinson is capable of transforming an abstract idea such as death, into something that is tangible in nature. the imagery in the poem also creates a contextual platform from which one can derive multiple interpretations that could be attributed…
Throughout the poem, John Updike sneaks examples of literary devices, such as personification, diction, and imagery into his writing. He uses the literary devices to create an abstract view of Flick Webb’s life. Personification is defined as attributing human characteristics to nonhuman objects. Verbs and adjectives can be used to create personification. Updike uses personification when he is writing about the gas station and the pumps there.…
Ralph Waldo Emerson writes a poem that's figurative, he uses words that allow the readers to develop a more profound image by the way he uses his words. He uses personification when he says “haughty day,” he gives the day characteristics or attributes of a human. Along with using personification he uses metaphors, “blue urn” is a metaphor for the blue sky. He compares the sky to a large vase and by doing this it helps the reader obtain a better understanding and image of what the poem is providing us with. Then, another metaphor appears when the author compares fire to the sun.…
When Disney released its first animated film, “Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves”, it became an instant classic. Since then, the cheery chirpy version of the story is what has stayed in the hearts and minds of young readers. The story is based off of the Grimm Brother’s version of the tale; although by no means the oldest version of the story, it is the most popular version known by readers today. However, although the image of the Disney version is bright, even the cleaned up version written by the Grimm Brothers is significantly darker than what most people might have in mind when they think of “Snow-White”. One of these darker elements is the nature of the mother-daughter relationship represented in the story as it portrays the mother-daughter relationship as a power-struggle between a young, beautiful girl and a cunning, jealous mother figure.…
Brandi Harbaugh Professor Boudreaux English 255 Section 00 19 February 2018 Seeing in an Unusual Light The wind howled through the house, sounding as if voices were calling to the man inside. He stood abruptly and ran out the door, its’ hinges screaming as they were pushed to their limit, into the chilled night air. He heard the voices of the wind; the bumping of the rain on the forest floor.…