Assonance

Emily Dickinson, an American poet is known for displaying early poetry concepts of the 1800’s. She is acknowledged as a rather private poet, only publishing less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems before her death in 1986 at the age of 56. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a successful family of the decade. Dickinson’s work was usually altered remarkably to ‘fit in’ with the conventional poetic rules of the time period. I chose Emily Dickinson as she is a complex poet…

What would one expect to be the feelings of a man who was born and raised in Mumbai, but travelled the world during his child- and adulthood? A man who has lived in London, New Delhi, New York and Hong Kong? It are the feelings of just a common man that Dom Moraes - an Indian poet - portrays in his poem ‘Sinbad’. An analysis of the poem reveals that through the apostrophe which addresses ‘Sinbad’ and formal characteristics such as rhythm, free verse and punctuation, the reader gets an impression…

Analysis 4.1 Analysis The initial interpretation of the poem comes about significantly as a result of looking at the words used by the poet, particularly about their interconnection and the deviant grammatical and graphological elements. Analysis of lexical features is therefore, a better point to start with a detailed linguistic analysis. This in turn, contributes to the effects of overall meaning that the poem carries. 4.1.1 Lexical level At lexical level we see the lexical choose many single…

“The Road Not Taken” is a poem written by Robert Frost reflecting on a personal experience. He talks about the time when he was to make a difficult decision. With all the evidence gathered, it almost seems as if he regretted the outcome of his decision and he is curious as to see whether the other choice could have been better (or not). This is a very intellectual poem that may leave readers in suspense. For first-time readers, you would never be able to tell if Frost actually regretted taking…

In the text, “The Norton Introduction to Literature 12th Edition” by Kelly J. Mays, you will find a poem written by Linda Pastan on page 838 titled “Marks”. This poem’s poetry genre is Dramatic. It is considered a Dramatic poem because it gives off a tone of the narrator explaining a situation rather than writing or telling a story. In this poem, Linda Pastan used metaphors as her literary device. The whole poem is one big metaphor because her family is using a grading system to rate her as a…

The romantics were merely worshippers of nature to an extent that nature was a prevalent idea in their poetry and writings. As the Romantic Era, otherwise known as Romanticism, was a movement in art, literature and intellect during the late 18th and early 19th century, it influenced many romantics’ pursuit of meaning and truth through spontaneous thought, feelings and actions. It provided the freedom for the poets to express their emotions through the medium of nature. In William Wordsworth’s My…

tone/mood) Literary Techniques (flashback, foreshadow, imagery, symbol, allusion, figurative language [personification, metaphor, simile], dialect, irony, epiphany, oxymoron, allusion, suspense) Poetic Device (rhyme, rhythm, stanza, alliteration, assonance, consonance, refrain, onomatopoeia) Other: idiom, pun, hyperbole satire, motif, archetype, foil, comic relief, allegory ● #2 Writing Process (12.2.1, 12.2.2) ● ● ● ● ● ● #3 Grammar ● ● ● ● ● Paragraph & Multi-Paragraph Writing Steps of the…

The Courage and Sacrifices of a Soldier War. This is how conflicts between countries are unfortunately resolved. Instead of a peaceful convention, forceful and brutal armed, naval and air attacks against their enemies seems to be the answer many leaders seek for so their nation can gain dominance and status. Alas, the soldier who are either willing or forced to fight in the war pay the ultimate price, not their ignorant leaders. The brave soldiers who have and still are fighting for their…

Make your own copy of this document and share it with your L&L teacher. Consider the prompts provided when completing your analysis of each story. It is not necessary to answer each question, but to use them as a guide. Alice Munro Summer Reading and Analysis Prompts Theme Munro’s writing often focuses on the lives and experiences of ordinary people. However, this does not mean that her themes are simple or lack complexity. When delivering your IOC it is essential that you can thoroughly…

Human beings love to communicate with one another and share private matters with each other. Without interacting with one another, the existence of human beings would not have lasted this long. Animals are able to interact with each other, and are bound together mostly with their own kind of species. However, animals lack the skill of reason, morality and consciousness that human beings have, which makes us different from other living creatures. Moreover, human beings intend to communicate and…