Personification

establishes early on the role of Ms. Emily to symbolize the old south and its dated ways throughout the piece. The use of personification in the story shows how the house Ms. Emily lived in stands in relation to the coming of cotton gins and garages. The author sets up the theme of a dying southern culture, an important element of southern gothic, through use of personification in the lines “But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood;…,…

Terror, anxiety, and the struggle to survive seem to come alive in “The Most Dangerous Game” an exhilarating short story by Richard Connell. The author makes the story a movie in one’s head through the immaculate use of figurative language and an immense amount of details. He does this so well that you can picture every move of the main character when they are in difficult situations. In this short story, the mood starts off when the protagonist, Rainsford, tries to: “peer through the dank…

daughter writing has many figurative language devices. At first glance, the reader gets swept up in “The Writer” and does not realize the devices being used, however, a further analyzation of the poem lets the reader see that simile, metaphor, personification and others. The first figurative device Mr. Wilbur explores in his poem is a metaphor. He does this in the very first line when he compares his daughters room in the house to the bow of a ship “her room at the prow of the house” (line1).…

and transcendentalist wrote a collection of essays, one of which was one of his most famous titled, Self-Reliance. Self-Reliance is an essay full of metaphors, parenthetical, cumulative and various other types of syntax structures, as well as personification. All these qualities are consistent through Emerson’s piece, but examples and analysis will be conducted on his first three paragraphs within this essay. Several different metaphors exist in this small sample, but the one that most…

precise words and groups of words to convey certain images to the reader. She uses three poetic techniques to express her theme that although nature can be fascinating, it can also be frightening. These three techniques are diction, imagery and personification. The first poetic technique used by Dickinson is diction. Diction has to do with the singular word choice that is used to convey a singular meaning. She uses the technique first to convey the idea that nature can be fascinating, can…

Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” consists of three essential elements that contribute in making this poem phenomenal. These elements include a theme, personification, and tone. Poets should include an impeccable theme to portray the underlying message of the poem. The use of personification aids the reader to paint a vivid description of an object in the reader’s mind. Tone is the third critical element and it portrays the poet’s attitude throughout the poem, which ultimately plays a role in…

contradiction by suggesting that love will end at some point because life ends. The lover’s tone appears optimistic, but the clocks’ tone contradicts the lover with words expressing candid cynicism. The author utilizes a number of devices, such as personification, symbolism and metaphors, in an effort to demonstrate the idea that we need to cherish the time we have because one day our time will end, and, since life ends, love also comes to an end. As the speaker is “walking down Bristol Street”…

In the magazine article, the author uses specific diction, imagery and personification to convey a shifting mood from a celebratory reunion with his constantly changing hometown to a reflective and disappointed remembrance, but eventual acceptance of his hometown while he was growing up. In the first part of the passage, the author creates a mainly joyful tone while writing about the place that he used to live as a child. The author writes about the lawns that “curves around” his grandfather’s…

Everyone behaves differently in the morning. Some may wake up energetic waiting to start the new day while others wake up dreary. “Five A.M.” by William Stafford depicts a speaker walking down a familiar street and enjoying the early morning. “Five Flights Up” by Elizabeth Bishop is another poem that takes place in the morning; however, the speaker in this poem is unhappy. “Five A.M.” and “Five Flights Up” both reflect on the early morning surroundings, but they use different techniques to show…

child is playing hide and seek with his friends and thinks he has won, however, he realizes at the end that he has been abandoned by his friends. The poet also portrays childhood using various literary devices, such as metaphors, similes and personification and writes the poem as if it is an extended metaphor of the persona’s…