Apostrophe

African-American writer and educator Maria W. Stewart emphasizes her position in her lecture on the social status of other African-Americans living in the United States. In the lecture, Stewart’s purpose is to advocate heartily for the civil rights and liberties of African-Americans. During her lecture, she addresses fellow African-Americans as her intended audience. She adopts a candid and assertive tone in order to encourage others to support the civil liberties of those neglected in society.…

In the poem, “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” by Sir Philip Sidney, the speaker characterizes desire as a force able to take one’s mind. Sidney is able to effectively emphasize the idea through poetic devices such as extended metaphors, apostrophe, and personification. The description and tone of desire is very accusatory and harsh. There were multiple shifts in the speaker’s tone due to how much desire has put an effect on him. However, the speaker is determined to defeat the power of desire. The poem…

punctuation mistakes too. Listed below are common punctuation mistakes which I often encounter. 1. The abused apostrophe Apostrophes while simple in form confuse many of its users. It would help to always remember that punctuation rules for an apostrophe first is to imply ownership; second is to turn possessive noun words that commonly end in “s” into their plural form by adding an apostrophe after the letter “s”; and to abbreviate the word “is”. Example: It is my sister’s car. My sisters’ own…

Greenhouse’s use of consonance at the beginning of the poem helps create an image of the ocean. The poet thus combines imagery and consonance to create the sound of the ocean. The stereotypical sound of the ocean being a “shhhhhh” sound created by the breeze, which is developed in the poem by the poet’s incessant use of sounds like “su” , “sh “oc”. This is present as Greenhouse writes: Let circumstance be breeze. At once: shells rush, rub ocean, is it sure or is it unsure? You are unsure then…

things with him. He says this by stating several things such as "Make me thy lyre…", "Oh! Lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!...” Apostrophe, common feature of Romantic poetry, is seen in “Ode to the West Wind”. The first words of “West Wind” are an apostrophe: “O wild West Wind “and “O thou who chariotest to their dark wintry bed/The winged seeds”is an example of Apostrophe…

In “So I'm Like, Who Needs This Grammar Stuff?” by Kendall Hamilton, the author seems to be a little open and okay with using wrong words and making grammatical errors. He seems like he does not really care because he mentions how in the future it won’t matter. He mentions how an english professor said “...most of the grammar rules are already dead or dying.” He also mentions that “students language skills in general seem to be on the downswing.” The professor states “And as english continues to…

In “Bright Star by John Keats, and “Choose Something Like A Star” they share the subject of stars, the use of apostrophes and changing opinion on the star. The differences that they have are in the themes of each poem. In “Bright Star” by John Keats the theme is that people don’t last forever like stars, and so they should live in the moment instead of trying to be around as long as possible to observe things like the stars. The fact that people don’t last forever like stars is acknowledged by…

To an Athlete Dying Young, by A. E. Housman, gives the reader an alternate view of death. Rather than death in youth being a sad and mournful time, the speaker sees it as an escape from seeing your life's work forgotten and faded. The speaker of this poem takes the form of one of the deceased's friends. This can be seen from the line, "shoulder-high, we bring you home" (6) because in a funeral, it is custom for the deceased's closest friends to carry the casket. The speaker plays an ironic part…

lyric poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar that explores how in the late nineteenth century, African Americans could not publicly reveal their true feelings about whites' maltreatment without the risk of dangerous retaliation. Through paradox, metaphor, and apostrophe, the speaker ponders how oppressed black Americans are forced to hide their pain and frustration behind a façade of happiness and contentment. If the poem expresses Dunbar's deep feelings as an oppressed black, it also expresses a paradox.…

she is giving him the opportunity to feel independent and capable. Abigail mentions how “[his] knowledge. . . incitements. . . [and] mind” are the qualities that are leading him safely about the journey to France. When she adds the allusion and apostrophe to Cicero, she is comparing John to this great leader, who is best known for his great political accomplishments after gaining many experiences throughout his own life. She mentions that one cannot “[shine] so distinguished. . .” unless…