Anaphora

When looking at Lau Reed's poem, Romeo Had Juliet, he uses various sound devices such as such as rhyme, alliteration, and anaphora. Reed utilizes the tool of rhyme throughout the poem because he occasionally adds words at the end of lines that rhyme with each other. For example, in stanza one line six and seven he states "A diamond crucifix in his ear Is used to help ward off the fear" (Reed Stanza 1). The word "ear" and "fear" rhyme with each other, and is used to create a sense of flow within…

"Superman and me" published in Los Angeles Times. Sherman Alexie writes about reading in "Superman and Me" to explain its impact on his life and encourage Native Americans to break the illiteracy stereotype. Alexie employs a combination of analogy, anaphora, and contrasts which allows readers to understand the obstacles that he had to overcome, being a well read Indian, and inspires the audience to do likewise. When Alexie began learning how to read, he was able to make a comparison between…

the subject of desire through a series of poetic devices. The speaker believes that desire leads to foolishness. But if one desires to eliminate desire, then that desire is virtuous, not foolish. Sidney utilizes figurative language, repetition and anaphora throughout the poem to express his complex thoughts on desire. At the start of the poem, Sidney uses the visual metaphors to describe his view of what desire is. The first line of the poem depicts how the speaker believes that desire leads to…

"The Gettys Berg Adress" contains rhetorical devices such as "The Gettysburg Address" contains rhetorical devices such as repetition, antithesis, parallelism, and anaphora to better communicate with his audience hearing the speech. Abraham Lincoln uses these rhetorical devices to better state that these men died for a good cause and that America shall have “a new rebirth of freedom”. Also that the men have made the battlefield holy and that we should carry on these ideas that these men have died…

cover you from almost being naked and from being there for more than 3 weeks, Wiesel stood wondering it was a dream. Throughout the book Night, Wiesel expresses his feelings by using anaphora to ask rhetorical questions to show how experiencing pain, and death changed him into a different person. The use of anaphora and rhetorical questions expresses the feelings that Elie felt. First, Elie states, “ we were expelled from the…

It must be ours too!”. By connecting back to his roots Lewis establishes a strong base of support as he now carries an entire race instead of just generalizing the group of people of which he stands for. Lewis implements the rhetorical strategy anaphora in a sly manner by mentioning “will not help” twice in the paragraph in order to focus the immediate attention on the problems that lie in the Bill of Rights, the…

writes, “I sit and look out upon all the sorrow of the world, and upon all oppression and shame” (1). He describes the anguish and meanness he sees in a variety of individuals, including men, husbands, children, and sailors. He employs free verse and anaphora, the repeating of words at the beginning of the lines, to provide a rhythm and flow to his listing of societal horrors. For…

where death took them? Emily Dickinson, a famous American poet, answers these questions in her two poems called “Because I could not stop for Death” and “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain.” Dickinson uses various techniques such as simile, metaphor, anaphora to express the shared theme of Death and the tone of the poems. Both poems are about immortality, but the themes are different. In “Because I could not,” the narrator has already died, whereas in “I felt” what is described is a feeling in the…

An example of Burke using figurative language is his use of an anaphora. Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase. A time when an anaphora is being used is the quotes “And still they went up,”(5) “And still they went in,”(3). This use of an anaphora creates a picture of what the firemen really had to go through on the day of 9/11, yet they weren’t invited to the tenth anniversary. The firemen knew going…

understanding, and resolves to achieve greater knowledge of the world. Lawrence employs juxtaposition and rhetorical questions to establish the woman's plight and capture her curiosity of the world outside her farming community. Furthermore, the usage of anaphora emphasizes her desire for new opportunities and experiences. By employing…