Public speaker

The imagery in this poem is used to demonstrate what was occurring throughout the funeral of the narrator's mind. The author only used the sense on hearing to describe what was occurring, since she was in the process of losing her mind and wasn’t capable to see what was really going on and even happening to her. The descriptive sounds she uses like “treading of the mourners”, “beating drums” and “bells ringing” makes the readers feel like they were in the funeral, which in reality it was “her…

The voices of male characters in songs, stories and other pieces of literature, can express love towards female characters. “Michelle”is a song that was performed by Sir Paul McCarthy. The singer wants to express his love towards a girl. However, neither of them can understand the the other’s language very well. Romeo and Juliet lines 44-53, is an excerpt of a play by William Shakespeare. The poem excerpt is about a character seeing a woman who he thinks is extremely beautiful. He explains how…

Moment (Page #) 2 Quotations (Pages #s) Literary Device Connection/Significance Chapter 6 – Pages 85-97 – (34-38%) This chapter basically goes into detail about the forbidden daughter of Hester whose name is Pearl. The first quotation is not from a scene, but rather just the author introducing you a bit more to Pearl. The author uses a metaphor in this first quotation on page 87 by comparing Pearl to a flower. The second quote is from an actual scene. During this time from on…

happen to be plums and yes, there's no doubting, all the ideas seem to spring from this delicious, juicy, cool fruit. Perhaps the plums were picked or bought by the person the note is aimed at; perhaps they were going to be shared? Either way, the speaker is casual, forthright and a little guilty. William’s work is an exceptional representation of simple, yet expressive poetry- away with convention, free the…

The main idea conveyed in the first stanza is being desperate for freedom. In the poem, the speaker implies that the bird is desperate because it is able to see the beauty and nature of the outside world, but the bird is unable to experience it. The speaker describes the "wind [stirring] soft" and the river flowing "like a stream of glass." These images that the speaker creates makes it for the reader to believe that the bird is desperate to soar through the beauty the world has to offer and…

In the poem “Lineage,” the speaker alludes to the fact that her ancestors were involved in slavery by using the line, “They moved through fields sowing seed.” (Ln 3). After specifying all of the hard tasks that her grandmothers have done, the speaker ends with the rhetorical question,“Why am I not as they?” (Ln 12). The theme expressed throughout the poem is that being strong means to stay positive through tough times. In the poem, Margaret writes, “They were full of sturdiness and singing.”…

INTRODUCTION One of the most powerful and widely practiced rituals used by human beings today is the apology. Apologies work wonders after a transgression. This universal phenomenon is the primary way for a transgressor to gain forgiveness and approval from a victim. Research has shown that children as young as 3 years understand apology, even before they understand things like amount of damage done to a victim or intention by a transgressor, and they prefer a transgressor who apologizes…

William Ury is a speaker for Ted Talks and he explains his thoughts about listening. He said listening is more important than talking, for that is the reason we are born with two ears and only one mouth. He says if you listen long enough, they will be more prepared to listen to you. For example, Ury meets the president of Venezuela during a civil war. Ury gave his opinion about what the president should do and the president became frustrated and started shouting at Ury. Ury did not yell back, he…

Jose Tello Mrs. Daniels English III – Dual Credit / ENGL 1301 18 December 2014 Section 1 – Chapter 1  “Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly” (Hurston 1). During the introduction, the narrator is introducing two separate ideas to the reader. This quote comes from the second paragraph in the novel, describing women and made as a foil to the previous…

is the writer and the poet and then there is the speaker. The speaker is the persona that communicates for the writer or poet. The speaker sets the tone for the poem and helps the reader to better understand the message or theme that the poet wishes to convey through their lines and stanzas. Poets may create and utilize a speaker when they wish to have their poem expressed from a different view point than their own personal perspective. The speaker in a poem does not necessarily always have to…