Anaphora

October 2015 Poem Evaluation Title William E. Stafford’s poem, An Oregon Message, goes between talking about the beauty of space exploration and the possible disruptions that the space exploration could have caused. Stafford uses a mix of imagery, anaphora and metaphors among other devices to increase the affect his poem has on the reader. Richard Brautigan’s poem, All Watch Over By Machines of Loving Grace, also talks about the beauty of nature and how rapid advances in technology have affected…

logos, ethos, and anaphora in the Declaration of Independence in order to persuade the world nations that the breaking away from Britain is justified. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson constructs his writing using logos,…

A Farewell To Arms. In chapter one, Hemingway uses coherent and distinct rhetorical devices such as polysyndeton, imagery, syntax, and diction in order to inaugurate the mood and tone of the novel. Syntactical imitations such as polysyndeton and anaphora by Hemingway give the novel a monotonous feel for the reader. The imagery shown in the first chapter establishes a somber and dim feeling for the reader. With the combination of figurative and simple diction and loose syntax, he establishes a…

independence. Patrick Henry's famous speech created one of the many excuses that drove the people to fight. In his speech, Patrick Henry emphasizes the use of rhetorical devices such as anaphora and allusion to expose British atrocities to the people so that they could join the war effort. Patrick Henry used anaphora as a tool to convince the people to fight for independence because of the bad things that Britain had done to them. The people had asked, but their "petitions ha[d] been slighted;…

Violence erupted during an African American led protest against discrimination in Selma, Alabama. This protest was a way for African Americans to voice their opinions and frustration. African Americans may have had the right to vote on paper, but were ultimately viewed as an inferior race. African Americans were denied several civil rights due to the color of their skin. As the leader of America, Lyndon B. Johnson decided to publicly address the issue in Washington D.C. on March 15, 1965 with…

figures of speech of anaphora, imagery, and personification were presented in this poem to help create a certain effect and reveal the true meaning of this poem. The message is to enjoy life as long as you can because you do not know when it’s your time to die. The phrase “We passed the” in lines 9-12 was repeated several times, emphasizing the idea that the speaker and Death have a journey before the speaker faces their eternal death. This is a type of figure of speech called anaphora, which…

veteran and American poet. In 2003, he served as an infantry team leader in the Iraq war. In 2005, Turner published his first book, Here, Bullet, a book of poems describing his experience during the war. In Here, Bullet, Turner uses a literary device, anaphora, descriptive language, and military jargon to describe his suffering and experience during the war—this is depicted through poetry. Analyzing different types of literature is crucial as well interesting; one can expand their knowledge…

Dr.Martin Luther King Jr in his speech "I have a dream uses powerful rhetorical devices. One main device he uses is parallelism in his speech. anaphora, alliteration. and pathos was used in order to empower his speech, for him to be able to get his point across to the people. Within his argument, he was aiming to touch the heard of people's hearts. First off parallelism is shown throughout the speech as he repeats his ideas. By using "Let freedom ring from the snow capped Rockies of Colorado;…

Holcomb was far away in Kansas, which made for it to be quiet with a very small population where not many events occurred. Truman Capote had conveyed his message to his readers with the help of the rhetorical strategies of imagery, amplification and anaphora when he wrote, “In Cold Blood”. The use of these strategies helps the audience get to know the citizens and what it was like in the small village of Holcomb. Without the use of rhetorical strategies, is it possible for audiences to miss a…

of people were moved. The main message throughout his speech was, he felt it was necessary to express the importance of his will to have equality for all, and freedom of the captive. He was able to accomplish this by using devices such as pathos, anaphora and other literary devices found in his speech. In the beginning of his speech he states, “Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” (Jr). The Emancipation Proclamation…