Onomatopoeia

As many grow up and live their life, they discover that often times, life is unfair, and it was no different for the Russians. During World War I, in 1917 there was a major, serious food shortage. Along with that, because of the war, the economy was struggling immensely. The bourgeois were perturbed and in distress at all of the conflicts occurring in Russia. The bourgeois blamed the upper class for their problems and out of indignation initiated a revolution. From this revolution many…

The War Prayer by Mark Twain is a short story about a town that was extatic for a war to start, but their excitement quickly shifted to fear as their prayers manifested into reality. The town didn’t realize the caliber of what they were praying for. The tone in this piece takes a sharp turn from happiness to fear. The tone is demonstrated through alliteration, diction, and deep irony. In the beginning of the literary work, it opens with imagery to set the scene of what the town looked like, it…

better understanding what is happening and what he really means. The speaker of this poem is obviously Robert Frost or any other individual that could work in the woodworking field or just another citizen. “Snarling, Rattling” is an example of Onomatopoeia. This gives the reader a feel of…

Maya Angelou's "Africa" recounts Africa being ravaged and pillaged by Europeans who took children of Africa and made them into slaves. Rhythm, diction, and personification intensify the imagery and tone of Angelou’s poem. The countries of Africa are personified to create striking images, and the rhythmical patterns aid to the changing tone, ranging from very emotional to unpleasing and contemplative. In the first stanza, Maya Angelou personifies Africa to create powerful imagery and give readers…

Head down Chapel Hill Street then take a left onto Hummingbird Lane and at the bottom of the hill you'll see my home away from home. The drive to my grandparents was memorized before I knew how to get back to my own home (hyperbole). This is the place where me and my brothers, Brandon and Gavin, would run and explore with no cares in the world. Everything from the pond, in the enormous front yard, to the dirt road and pine trees in the back, have memories from baby years to now. This has always…

Onomatopoeia is the utilization of words whose pronunciation imitates the sound the word describes. Staples utilizes this to recreate the atmosphere he often endured on page 237 when he verbally expresses, “I could cross in front of a car ceased at a traffic…

Have you ever read a piece of literature and it reminds you of another piece of work? Did you notice the similarities? I have read two piece of literature that have big similarities. Those works are A Jury of Her Peers and Proof. Susan Glaspell's short story, A Jury of Her Peers and Lynn Nottage's play, Proof have a lot of things in common. Both works use rich verbal, dramatic irony, symbolism, and conflict to show that women's intuitive powers can be superior to men's skills. The theme for…

Hip Hop is just poetry with music played in the background. An example familiar to us would be “dear mama” by Tupac. The verses have rhyme, enjambment, alliteration like “mama made miracles”, imagery like thanksgiving dinner and selling drugs, onomatopoeia like “whoopin´”, repetition of “you are appreciated” and apostrophe of Tupac’s father and Tupac's siblings and drug dealer friends.I believe that all these poetic devices qualify hip hop songs to be considered a genre of poetry.…

Babamukuru, A Bridge to Endless Worlds Eran Akyil In the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Thor, Asgard's gatekeeper Heimdall controls entry of different people into the realm. Equally, in Nervous Conditions, Tsitsi Dangarembga uses Babamukuru as the gatekeeper to regulate the passage of people and beliefs from an old world to a modern one; however, simultaneously depicts him to merge his own, old-world, core values with the philosophies of modern Rhodesia. As the gatekeeper, Babamukuru decides which…

“The Moral Equivalent of War” by William James Why is unity so difficult to achieve in circumstances that do not involve war or other external conflict? Why is war needed to satisfy the thirst of a nation’s people? William James answers these questions in his essay “The Moral Equivalent of War” with a purpose of distinguishing between the various aspects of militarism and pacifism. James conveys several main points that are distinguished by a conclusive tone and a common position at an…