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    is done through the personification of the canoes and the transformation of the role of the canoe from object to a third character.…

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    In my Shakespearean sonnet, I used metaphor, simile, personification and symbolism for the figurative languages. In line 13, “Running horses, carrying love and hope”, I use horses to metaphor refugees, it was not the horses who carried love and hope, it was the refugees. In line 4, 5, I used simile to compare horses…

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    To Autumn, By John Keats

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    imagery to represent the ending or death. Although John Keats uses imagery to describe autumn, John Keats uses the imagery elements to show the progression of autumn and state that nothing last forever. John Keats uses literary elements such as personification, word structures, and visual images with the imagery to prove that point. It shows the relation of human life to nature, time and transformation, and mortality.…

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    Chellamuthu compared his fear to a flood because of how overwhelming it was. We can find another example of literary devices being used on page 239-240 in the novel. In this scene the author uses both imagery and personification to bring the event to life. Taj was at an Indian restaurant, for the first time ever, in London with his host family and Kelly. He describes it as “a firing squad by Indian food, and he had nowhere to run. He was about to pass the platter along…

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    Pallas God

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    Scylla, Kratos, Bia, Zelus, Nike, Lacus, and Fontes. Kratos was the personification of power and strength. three of his other siblings - Zelus, Bia, and Nike - were enforcers of Zeus, along with Hephaestus. Kratos managed to capture Prometheus and Imprison him at the top of the Caucasus in order to punish him for his actions…

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    talent of macabre poetry in hopes for some money. Edgar Allan Poe in able to convey this eerie feeling effectively towards his audience by effectively using ethos and sounds like tapping and rustling. He also uses alliteration, symbolism, and personification which he composes successfully in “ The Raven”.…

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    that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense. Symbols usually contain multiple meanings and associations. The sunset described in the beginning of the poem is a symbol for the end of the boy’s life. Another symbol, which is also coincidentally personification, is the line about the saw having to, “bear a load”. The symbolism there is that the saw is having to carry the weight of what it has done to the boy in ending his life, which is also attributing human emotion to the saw. Figurative…

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    the names of the important poets that appeared there; who’s the most famous poet was William Wordsworth. Furthermore, we discussed the analysis of the poem “daffodils” which was describing the beauty of the nature with very nice imagination and personification. Also, we knew more about Dorothy William’s sister who inspired his poets and both were well- known by their love to the nature and how describe it in a professional way one by prose and the other by poetry. At the end we saw how…

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    most everything else. Another descriptive use of personification that Larson uses is “Trains bearing fangs of ice tore through the crossing at Wallace” (147). This section describes a train in wintertime. Larson’s image of the train “bearing fangs” provides the reader with a scary vibe from the train and fits the mood for this chapter (a chapter about Holmes) perfectly with its ominous intentions. This last reference to Larson’s use of personification is a quote by one of Larson’s main…

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    this is an analysis essay of three of Carl Sandburg's poem. I will analyze three poems that Carl Sandburg wrote in different times in his life. Also throughout my realization, I will talk about how he has used countless examples of personification. He uses personification and relates back to his life and home. Carl Sandburg grew up in Galesburg Illinois. His parents emigrated from North Sweden and change their family name from Johnson to Sandburg. His family was very poor which forced him to…

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