Personification

In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathon Edwards incorporates personification, analogy, and repetition to persuade the listeners to repent for their sins they committed against God. Edwards includes personification in his sermon to better convince the listeners to repent for their actions. Edwards states that the arrow of justice is a "moment from being drunk from [their] blood." Because people enjoy drinking to the point of being drunk , Edwards is suggestion that the…

this, Hughes’s speaker implies that the African American’s journey to freedom has come a long way throughout history. The speaker expresses the theme of the poem through abstract words and personification. First he says “I bathed in the Euphrates when the dawns were young”(4). This is an example of personification because the…

between being true and not true to yourself? The novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a novel about a woman’s desire to find and live fully within her true self. Chopin uses a variety of rhetorical devices similar to strong diction, imagery, personification, parallel structure, and likewise tone to reveals the time that Edna begins to awake or live her true self. First, in chapter six of the novel, Chopin clearly describes the awakening of the main character, Edna Pontellier, where Chopin…

Snow”, Longfellow uses symbolism, personification, and words with connotation to set the mood of the poem. The author uses these devices to help explain the theme of the poem being, remember the ones you lost, and don’t forget about them. Longfellow uses personification to show his feelings through saying “The face of one long dead looks at me from the wall, where round its head.” Longfellow misses his wife, and he still thinks about her. He uses personification to describe how he feels about…

losing her children, maybe the children decided to stray away from their mother. Calling out the modern Hispanic youth who have slowly assimilated and are devoured by the industry, accusing them of forgetting about their history. His explicit personification throughout his poem oozes his passion and respect for his ancestors signifies his Nativist…

Anguish is a savior arriving too late, But on time at my funeral. Anguish is a goodbye, I never got. Sound and Literary Techniques 3 sound techniques: internal rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia 3 language techniques: metaphor, personification, imagery My free verse poem utilizes sound techniques like internal rhyme and alliteration.…

Anne Bradstreet was an Early American poet who lived in the 17th century. She wrote the poem Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 after her house burnt down. Jonathan Edwards lived in the 18th century. He was a pastor and theologian known for his powerful sermons, the most famous being Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. These two authors shared many similarities and differences in their writings. Bradstreet and Edwards were both puritans and expressed their…

during an era of second wave feminism (Grimes, Linda. Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll”. Letterpile). This poem is known for it’s message of how society’s expectations were for women and how pressuring it was for them. In this Poem the author uses personification, imagery and metaphor etc, to describe the meaning of this poem, and how the expectations of society can hurt. Piercy uses Imagery effectively to demonstrate how the strong words give her readers a vivid picture about the concept she’s…

In Thomas Hardy’s poem “The Convergence of the Twain,” it exemplifies the sinking of the Titanic in April of 1912. “The Convergence of the Twain” was published in 1915 where it differentiates the sinking of the Titanic while and after it sunk. Hardy uses poetic devices such as imagery and structure to convey his attitude toward the sinking of the Titanic. In the first half of the poem––more specifically stanzas 1-5––Hardy depicts the ship at the bottom of the ocean by using imagery. In…

Longfellow uses personification, symbolism, and metaphors to convey the themes of sorrow, grief, and eternal love. The poem revovles areound a grieving Longfellow who is mourning the loss of his wife who died in a fire eightteen years ago. Longfellow later came across a mountain with a cross filled with snow. The symbolism in the snow cross in the mountain symbplosez, true lover never dies. The peom starts off in the night and Longfellow comes across a picture of his wife. He uses…