Conceptual metaphor

A study of Rama Rao’s thirty-seven short poems evinces his fine creativity and one is enamoured of the values, which presently seem to have been lost in the mire of materialism. The poet sings about the loss of human ethics. The very first poem, ‘A Sigh and Relief’, is a satire on the political power. The politicians, these days, are mad with power and seem to have lost their ability to judge gold from dross. He, very aptly, argues that “Vice has limits / Death is not the only end”: human vices…

force in the lines “Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration find, / Or bends with the remover to remove: / O no! it is an ever-fixed mark.” Shakespeare enforces how true love always perseveres, no matter what it’s up against by using the metaphor, “That looks on tempests and is never shaken” in the second quatrain. In the third quatrain, he asserts that love doesn’t care for outer beauty that fades with time because true love goes beyond such boundaries. So, it’s a tale as old as…

Throughout history, few conflicts have been that horrific like the First World War. Being one of its combatants, the English poet Wilfred Owen was one of the first to question military propaganda which defended the old Latin proverb: “Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori”; meaning ‘it is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country’. With nothing else than words, he created a distinguished and innovative masterpiece that condemned the grandeur of war by picturing how cruel and deranged the…

A poem has many different ingredients, and like Chef Remy in Ratatouille, a poet has to gracefully blend these different elements of poetry together. Together, these create the different dimensions and aspects that a poem consists of. Each individual element of poetry plays a significant role and brings something unique to the poem, impacting the reader in a certain way. Some elements serve the purpose of conveying a more vivid picture to the reader while others create a different effect, such…

Sasha Maharaj has used a personal tone to convey emotions underlying her feelings about relationships in the poem, “Worthless’’. In this essay, I disclose how poetic devices, diction, syntax and other language functions have been utilized to reveal feelings/emotions of the writer in regard to relationships. Taking into account the title of the poem, one cannot put a figure on what or who is worthless. Nevertheless, it is known that worthless is an adjective; meaning something that has no use or…

In Anita Desai’s cultural and influencing novel, Fasting, Feasting, the author employs literary devices such as figurative language, reluctant speech, and third person point of view in order to characterize Arun’s distasteful experience at the beach. Demonstrating the use of descriptive words in the passage, Desai illustrates Arun’s annoyance with nature while going to the beach. While making his way through the woods, Arun depicts the cicadas’ “shrill” and the birds’ “shrieks” as an unpleasant…

Poems exists for sharing an experience, telling a story, and are precious journeys to be shared. In the poem “The Day” by Geoffrey Brock functions perfectly in this way, sharing his view of life by comparing it to a transitory plum hanging on a stem. He describes a scene of a young man trying to capture a ripe plum. He comments on the element of time and truly is a masterpiece for readers. With some similarities to a sonnet Brock raises two components in his poem about life and morality. Brock…

Imagery is a valuable tool used by authors to paint pictures in the heads of the readers with their words. Toni Morrison goes into great lengths in Beloved portraying nature in a manner such that readers perceive themselves as part of the scenery. As her nature imagery develops the mood of the novel, her animal imagery captures the key themes: the wretchedness of the slave system, the ethical dilemma of Sethe’s killing of Beloved, and the innocence and tractability of Beloved. For the Sweet…

Lee 1 David Lee English 10 HP Period 8/25/14 Capote: In Cold Blood 1. When the author uses the combinations of words that startle and disturb for the purpose of using incongruity in the essay. These unusual combinations make the writing interesting and different for the readers. This gives a different attitude in the reader’s mind showing an unusual style in writing. Using unusual combinations that are usually not used together introduces the reader things they are not used too. Using…

upon his own childhood, notably, the relationship with his father, an alcoholic war veteran. Furthermore, the inclusion of the metaphor, ‘it was a mirror to my childhood,’ describes how the documentary was a reflection of the severity of his home life. He goes on to highlight the violent actions of his father through detailed literal description and…