Cognitive metaphor

“Mellay” is a very interesting poem that outlines the communication we have in our society.. This may not be the most clear-cut and factual conversation, but it serves as an outlet for human interaction. Roberto Arrindell a local artist and poet, brings an amusing truth in his poem titled, “Mellay” on the island of St. Maarten. Mellay becomes the universal language in our ravenous hunger for information. Mr. Arrindell is a teacher at the University of St. Martin, and he is also a talented poet.…

“Attack”, by Siegfried Sassoon, effectively represents a vivid and graphic view of the apathy of war by divulging into the minds of the soldiers, giving a more personal view to his poem. There are many such instances in which Sassoon’s clever diction. Instead of the norm of authors of his time, Sassoon did not emphasize the dramatics of war during the battle; he accentuated the pre-war stage. Firstly, Sassoon divulges into the fears of the soldiers. He does this by construing a grave scene.…

an identity and a place. He then repeats the word “my dear” to show the reader that the refugees have loved ones and families to protect which makes the poem even more emotive. He also used a metaphor for example “In the village churchyard there grows an old yew, every spring it blossoms anew”. This metaphor captures new life, opportunity and progression. He uses repetition again when he says “Old passports can’t do that, my dear, Old passports can’t do that”. This shows how this couple is…

In all three poems from Percy Shelley, he brings up that you can learn from things that you typically wouldn’t think you can learn from. He points out that you can learn from ruin cities, to wind, to even birds singing. Each of his poems has a message behind them whether it is not to be so full of yourself and stay humble or even learning from a bird that is singing a song. Throughout all of Shelley’s poems, Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, and To a Skylark, Shelley wants to point out that no…

“To this day…for the bullied and beautiful” is an incredibly impacting poem that promotes the anti-bullying movement written by Shane Koyczan, where he tells about his personal experience, the experience of two others, and their struggle to overcome bullying. Shane Koyczan later created a short film and spoke in a Ted talk to express his poem orally. The author uses the rhetorical appeal Pathos throughout the poem to persuade his readers and viewers the importance of not brushing bullying off as…

In this essay I will be analyzing the poem “Same Song” by the writer Pat Mora.In this essay I will be using the Historical Criticism literaly lense to analyze this poem.In order to use this lense correctly I will need information about when the poem was written or I can use clues in the poem to help with that if it cannot be found clearly.After that information is found then I need to show how this period in time has an effect on the poem. When using this lens to analyze the poem I researched…

In Keats’s poems, he has the speaker find different ways to express his views on mortality and death. This common theme is not surprising because Keats was exposed to many deaths throughout his life; he lost his parents and two brothers (Smith, 390-404). In “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles”, for example, the speaker explains how the knowledge of mortality has affected him, and also includes a positive view towards it. In “The Human Seasons”, the speaker takes a direct approach and draws parallels…

is in someway metaphors and illusions. They all understood the strong bond that knowledge and metaphors had. However, they each viewed metaphors from different standpoints, expressing dissimilar opinions of it. This paper will first compare and contrast what Nietzsche, Plato and Aristotle all say about metaphors and then analyze the meaning behind a political metaphor from the current US Presidential…

with kin in order to heighten the value of life. The mother’s time is maximised through reference to her age as close to “thirty thousand days”. Stanza five sees the commencement of the fabric motif, symbolising typical duties of motherhood. The metaphor of the mother’s face as “fine threadbare linen” portrays a weakness upon nearing death and the vocabulary choice of “crumple” indicates depletion in her mother’s determination to defeat death. However, the persona describes her mother as…

such as “haunting” and “lost” there is undeniably a mood that is more similar to hopeless and exhausted than sweet and honorable. This sharp contrast serves to peak the readers interest right from the beginning of the poem and also can serve as a metaphor for the meaning of the poem as a whole. Upon first glance, the poem appears to be pretty positive, but when the reader actually begins reading the poem, it becomes obvious that it is about unveiling the harsh realities of war. This can be…