Assonance

Women’s drive towards growth as persons is thwarted by our society's prescriptions concerning gender’, told by Annis Pratt, is a dilemma unilaterally faced by Tess Durbeyfield and Esther Greenwood. Both female protagonists fall victim to societal pressures, including: restraint, expectations, judgement, suppression, pressure to conform and double standards that all impair their development and label them as fallen women, fallen from the grace of God. It is Hardy and Plath’s challenge to present…

In the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow hangs the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir. Considered one of the masterpieces of Russian Iconography, the icon is the most venerated in Russia. Unlike other more austere Marian icons, Our Lady of Vladimir belongs to the Ἐλεούσα Eleousa or ‘tender-touch’ iconographic style. This style is known for stressing the humanity of Christ; a compassionate God who suffers with humankind. Painted in the twelfth century, the icon depicts Mary and the child Christ. In this…

The function of imagery in Ted Kooser’s “Tattoo” Ted Kooser’s poem “Tattoo” can be interpreted in a multitude of ways. One way to interpret this poem is that the tattoo is used as imagery to explain how old men are constantly trying to re live his youth; the way he did when he was young. It is apparent in this poem, but this is not the main issue the speaker is addressing. The issue the speaker describes is how time changes a person. Another way this poem can be read is that tattoos can…

return.’ This means that her eyes or so bright and beautiful that it looks like two stars have taken refuge in her eyes. Romeo also uses alliteration of words beginning with plosive letters for example ‘Teach the torches’. As well as this, he uses assonance, which is where you use alliteration with vowel sounds. For example ‘Seen’ and ‘Cheek’. This use of alliteration shows excitement. Juliet reciprocates the love. When Romeo speaks to people, he is no longer speaking in stichomythia meaning…

wisdom, between the daughter and the mother, the reader should be able to easily connect to at least one aspect of bravery, fear, innocence, or wisdom. This should solidify the reader’s relatability to the characters and then enhance the aspect of individual trauma experienced throughout the poem, as previously mentioned. Dudley Randall’s executive use of speakers, their diction, and symbolism continues in the fourth stanza. In attempt to keep her daughter safe, the mother tells her daughter…

When one is reminded of the civil rights movement, the first man who comes to mind is generally Martin Luther King, Jr. He is regarded as the primary figure that supported the rights of not only blacks, but all racial minorities during American segregation. Much less known is the more radical Malcolm X, whose stinging words generated significant controversy throughout his years of black activism. His militant singularity and hateful messages offered a stark contrast to the peaceful King as he…

Following North, Heaney’s next collection of poetry was Field Work which largely documents his four years spent in Glanmore County Wicklow. The significance of this move is that it took him South of the border with the Republic of Ireland, a haven away from the sectarian violence of the North. Inevitably, this could be assumed as Heaney’s deliberate removal from the political situation, however, Joshua Weiner wrote: While the move south seemed to some a deliberate withdrawal from a previous…

Throughout the nineteenth century, slavery formed the social economic and political back bone of the United States. It was against this opposition that the abolitionists consisting of men, women, black and white sought the immediate end of slavery. Amongst the radical minority, the abolitionists, were those who were a part of the women’s right’s movement. In the antebellum era, many African American men and women became active abolitionist and supporters of women’s rights. Looking at the United…

In the poem, “I cannot live with you”, by Emily Dickinson, the narrator expresses her love and despair for lover whom she cannot be with. The narrator suffers immensely because of her lover, hence why she cannot be with them in present time or in the afterlife. She is in great agony as living with her lover would be a disgrace to the world and to God. Forcing her to believe that the only way to actually live in this world is to live apart− loving each other from afar. Throughout the poem, Emily…

Music is a metaphor for the feelings that we cannot say in common language. The blues and jazz are made for expressing your confusing emotions through a tone. Hughes uses music with a lot of rhyme, alliteration, and assonance. In line one, there is alliteration between the d’s starting the words droning and drowsy. The long O sounds in droning and drowsy make it seem like a yawning sound which is associated with being tired or weary. In lines six and seven, there are…