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    her poem “Women” to explain the strengths of women in. The force of danger, distress, the risks women make, and most important the optimism of mothers for their children. Three types of figurative language the author uses are implied metaphors, consonance, and assonance. Does this title make the poem sound like its about women? Alice Walker uses an implied metaphor to compare all of the women struggles to ensure a suitable education for their children. In lines 12-17 in the poem she states “how…

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    cheeks that the mistress’ does not have. Besides literary devices, Shakespeare includes various types of sound devices such as alliteration, assonance, and consonance. In line 3, the speaker uses an assonance with the vowel sound “I” and an alliteration in line 12 with the repetition of the consonant sound “m”. Lastly, the speaker uses a consonance in line 8 by having a repetition of the “th” sound. As a result, the speaker incorporates the use of literary and sound devices to further explain…

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    thing. He then says “To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est”. This poem uses consonance and assonance to add imagery that increase the reading experience for the reader and also furthers the poem's meaning that war…

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    The Raven Rhyme Scheme

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    Throughout the poem many literary devices are used. Once such device is the rhyme scheme of ABCBBB for each stanza that helps them to smoothly blend into each other. Another device Poe uses in the poem are allusions. The allusion to Hades in stanza seventeen helps add to the dark mood of the poem as well as the raven’s apparently demonic nature. A third device is the use of consonance of the stressed “n” found in the words token, spoken, and unbroken. That use of consonance helps to show how…

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    Every poetry is different from others, it differs in style, form and cadence from others genres when it comes to the literary in arts. Each and every expression or statement is integral, the arrangements are precise. These sorts of complexities presents the audience into poetry. To me, when I hear the word poetry, the first person who comes to my mind is William Shakespeare and his play Romeo and Juliet. These two lovers, were so deep in love since the day they met and eventually they die in…

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    Fortunately for America, President Kennedy was inaugurated in 1961 and used his first address as President to curb the nation's anxieties. Kennedy uses auditory literary devices, antithesis, and parallelism to create a strong sense of nationalism and unity in a time where these ideals were hard to envision. Devices like alliteration and consonance are especially useful in speeches, as they add to the audience's understanding and remembrance of important ideas or phrases.…

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    Annabel Lee” was written by Edgar Allan Poe and was published in 1849. The poem has internal rhyme and has a normal poem structure. The poem has figurative language including: imagery, assonance, repetition, and consonance. The poem also has mood and a speaker. The poem talks about a man losing the love of his life and how their love will go on forever. This poem has a speaker, mood, and figurative language helping tell the tragic love story of “Annabel Lee.” The speaker in “Annabel Lee” is a…

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    This is shown in the song “The Start of Something New” and the poem “Love Song” because both have equal poetic devices including repetition and the tone, but some differences in poetic devices including literary devices, assonance, and consonance. Many articles can back up that songs and poems or different. For example, on stated that poems are more difficult to write with all the poetic devices that are going to be used. Also, with poems being compared to song, just without…

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    repeating this phrase, Hayden shows his regret for not showing more love and being more thankful toward his father. In “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, a central theme is unspoken love. In order to explore this theme Hayden uses a variety of literary devices such as strong diction, repetition, and vivid imagery. By using these devices, the reader is able to understand and possibly gain a new perspective on what their loved ones do for them. In many cases, people do not verbally show…

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    continue to be read by future generations; when a speaker, poet, and an admirer are no more, maintaining the correct illustration alive through the influence of poetry. This essay will examine "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare and discuss how he used literary elements in creating this short story. Initially, the poem begins with a question “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” which is a verbal inquiry, as the narrator doesn’t care how or whether…

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