Personification

figurative language and reading comprehension. I knew that figurative language included similes, metaphors, personifications, alliterations, hyperboles, and idioms. In grade school, I learned that a simile used words such as “like” or as” to compare one idea or object to another to suggest that they are alike, metaphors are figures of speech that compare two dissimilar things, personifications are figures of speech in which there is a comparison between human characteristics and inanimate…

Subject: This poem is essentially about a love between two people and how that love can last even when they are far away from one another. Paraphrase: As the righteous men pass away mildly and mumble to their good conscious to leave, while most of their depressed friends say that the breath has gone now, but others still say no: so allow us to melt away and to be silenced, no tears shed, or sighs; it was the degradation of what made us happy to tell the community about our love for one…

We chose this picture and text because this text perfectly match up with this painting. They express the same theme and idea. Moreover, we can have the same feeling by reading and looking at this text and poem. After I researched this picture, I know that the painter of this painting is Gyrth Russell, an Canada war artist. The main color in this picture is blue, and blue is a symbol of sadness. However, there are also some orange in this pictures as well. Orange is a symbol of hope. The…

I decided to discuss the poem Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins, on the middle of the page 733. I believe that this poem has a strong intention to persuade readers into thinking less about how to interpret poetry so harshly and strongly but instead to let the poem explain itself in the end. In lines 7 and 8, he says “or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls for a light switch” which I came to understand as just go with the feeling of the poem and understand how it connects to you,…

language is personification. Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. Fitzgerald uses personification when he describes Gatsby’s parties. “Until the air is alive with chatter and laughter” (40). In this example of personification it makes the air come alive giving the air the human characteristics ,such as chatter and laughter. This example makes the party seem warm and happy that no matter what everyones having a good time. As a consequence, to the great…

by the speaker is feeling guilty because of the abortions she has had in her lifetime. The speaker refers to the abortions as crimes by saying “Whine that the crime was other than mine?” (I. 23). Gwendolyn Brooks also uses symbolism, tone, and personification throughout this poem. The symbolism in this poem is simply about abortion and how if the mother has an abortion she has to live with the fact that she has had one like Gwendolyn has. When the poet says “Abortions will not let you forget.”…

the trip because he is grieving the loss of his captain. Whitman wrote this poem after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln shortly after the Civil War. The poem consists of many metaphors, imagery, figurative and literal language, symbolism, personification, alliteration, repetition, rhyme scheme, apostrophe, allusion, diction, and tone. “O Captain! My Captain!” is composed of many metaphors. A metaphor is a statement that one thing is something else, which, in literal sense, it is not.…

britain for independence. Paine supports his claim by utilizing personification, rhetorical questions, appeals to ethos through the bible and the audience's fears. The audiences purpose is to convince the american people to continue the fight in order to gain independence from great britain. The author writes in a serious tone for the american citizens hesitant to if the war is worth the long fight. Paine efficiently conveys personification in order to advance his claim that the americans…

18th century France to the idea of divinity and rulers. Just as Augustus associates his reign with Pax, following the Final War of the Roman Republic, which was followed by an era know as Pax Romana, or the Roman Peace. Augustus constructed the personification as a messianic figure, personally and rationally instigated a "golden age", or the Pax Augusta and served as patron, priest and protégé to a variety of solar deities. The association presented the Roman Empire with aligned leadership, the…

love for Rosaline an unseen character in the play.Even though Rosaline is a character who is never seen throughout the duration of the Play she sets the stage for the rest of the actions caused by the Love for one another. Shakespeare’s use of personification, Allusion and Imagery play a role in the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. “Romeo & Juliet” portrays Romeo’s love for Rosaline which is an example of what a fickle character Romeo is, having a deep love for an unseen character with…