Personification

We All Fall Down: A Rhetorical Analysis “In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older were current (past month) illicit drug users…” (Substance Abuse and Mental Health). Addiction to illicit drugs is on the rise in the United States. More people are becoming addicted, and the users are becoming younger. Drug addiction is a very serious issue that affects millions of people every year. The type of drug can vary from hallucinogens to stimulants; all can have a very deadly…

add rhythm to the poem and make it generally more interesting. The stanzas of the poem alternate between 6 lines and 5 lines. The poem uses rhyme scheme with the form “ABBBAA” for 6-line stanzas and “ABBAA” for 5 line stanzas. The poem also has personification. It describes the wing as “worried” and “mad”. The poem also has vivid imagery of the wings of the sea gull and the weather. The first stanza serves as an introduction. It reveals to the readers what the poem is about. One can infer that…

paralyzed from the hip down on her right leg and both feet deformed. Her work would occasionally reflect her struggle, and the struggle of most women, to accept their flaws. Maxine Tynes’ “The Woman I Am In My Dreams” uses imagery, juxtaposition, and personification to portray the confidence and steadfastness Tynes aspires to have in spite of her disability. “The…

slave on the isle due to the confinement of Prospero using his magical powers. After a discussion between Prospero and Ariel, Prospero reveals his intention to forgive all of them for their sons and set them free. Through the usage of antithesis, personification and zoomorphism of the sea and the sky, and symbolization of the books, Shakespeare demonstrates that forgiveness leads to one’s mental growth seeking happiness. Firstly, after…

if they where programed, like robots showing lack of creativity in their work. The dominance of the Planners is further enhanced through their manipulation of nature, so much that “even the sea draws back” and “the skies surrender”; this is a personification of nature giving in, surrendering to the…

scythe. This occurs in several occasions, when Frost says, “And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground/… And that was why it whispered and did not speak./… My long scythe whispered and left the hay to make” (2,6,14). The reason for this personification is that the poem does not actually present a character. While the word my is used in certain places within the poem in order to show that there is a human present during all of the poem’s happenings, the person is not who is carrying out…

In the poems, Nothing Gold Can Stay and Abandoned Farmhouse, there are many similarities and differences. Some similarities are by, theme, mood , and imagery. Some differences are, figurative language, character, and rhyme scheme. An example from both of the poems that are evidence to back up my thoughts ,that they are similar in theme is, in Nothing Gold Can Stay,the poem is telling you about change and how nothing can stay perfect forever. Lines that help me think that…

There is seldom any poet that can lay claim to as many deaths as Emily Dickinson. Her short, albeit rich, poetry is riddled with accounts of inner turmoil and a wide-range of dark subjects, such as depression and death. Historically, Dickinson comes across as a morbid recluse, clad in white and obsessed with mortality (“Emily Dickinson” 481). Though it was not unusual, for someone of her time, to be so conscious of death. In fact, in the 1850s, most of life was spent in mournful preparation of…

Sagoyewatha, known as Red Jacket, a native American that was a critical mediator and a defender of the native religion. A Boston missionary society in 1805 wanting to convert the natives to Christianity but Red Jacket disagree and defended the native religion. Although the Boston missionary society wanted to convert the Native Americans to Christianity and ditch their own religion, Red Jacket didn’t agree with the white people to Christianize the native American, therefore we shall not…

Name: _______________________________ Epic & Literary Terms Directions: Use the textbook (beginning on pg.1194) and your Chromebooks to define the following terms as they relate to The Odyssey and literary epics. To apply your new understanding and help embed these terms in your memory, provide a brief example either from the text or from a book/movie/tv show with which you are familiar. Epic- A long narrative poem that recounts the adventures of an epic hero. An example of an epic is the…