Repetition

Brayden – Essay T.S. Eliot’s poetry has been described as “a disturbing portrait of uncertainty amidst the turmoil of modern life” this statement is reflected well by Eliot’s poems; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (Love Song) and Rhapsody on a Windy Night (Rhapsody). Love Song emphasises this through the portrayal of Prufrock and his thoughts. Rhapsody represents this statement through the repetitive nature of life delineated within the poem. Ingemination a visual representation has been…

Steinbeck utilizes repetition and circular structure to convey the lure and challenges of the American Dream in Of Mice and Men. Throughout the story, Lennie and George have a dream of owning a little plot of land. In this dream, the pair have a place they belong, and Lennie will get to tend to the rabbits. They tell another character, Candy, about their dream and he offers to work the land and contribute the money he has saved to buy the land. Steinbeck includes repetition of ideas to emphasize…

He uses repetition here to emphasise on the fact that they don’t have a place to stay. In the second stanza the man says “Once we had a country and we though it fair”, the collective “we” shows that they once had an identity and a place. He then repeats the word “my…

Vonnegut emphasizes these methods, denoting Slaughterhouse-Five as an anti-war novel, by harnessing vital literary techniques, such as, irony and repetition. One of the most habitually used literary devices that Vonnegut applies to his novel is repetition—which he reiterates refrains suddenly after speaking of a death or war—to avoid focusing on the egregiousness of the events in his life, showing his philosophy on how to deal with these circumstances…

In this essay I will be writing about what devising tools define the work of Pina Bausch, in my introduction I will be introducing Pina Bausch and her background and in my main body of text I will talk about the devising tools that define her work, then finally in my conclusion I will summarise everything I have written about in this essay. Pina Bausch was born Philippina Bausch in 1940 in Solingen, Germany. Bausch was a modern dance performer, and choreographer. When Pina was 15 she was…

Suspense is a vital element to any story, as it creates interest for the reader. There are numerous ways to portray suspense, a few of which are used in W.W. Jacobs' and Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. In the short story, “The Monkey’s Paw,” by W. W. Jacobs, Mr. White and his family receive an enchanted monkey’s paw from Sergeant Morris. They wish for 200 pounds, despite the Sergeant warning them of the consequences of altering fate. The outcome of this is that their son, Herbert, dies, and as…

Country.” Next, he illustrates the guiding nature of the phrase, “Your guidepost stands out like a ten-fold beacon in the night: Duty, Honor, Country.” By repeating the phrase after stating each point, MacArthur emphasizes his purpose after each repetition. MacArthur utilizes this method to successfully ensure that his audience understands how important “Duty, Honor, Country” is when defining the soldier’s purpose in serving their…

history. Over 84 million people tuned in to see what the next potential president had to say about problems that affect Americans today. Both candidates consistently tried to convince us to vote for them by using analytical devices such as ethos, repetition, jargon, and framing. Analytical devices are used to help us understand and connect with the speaker on various levels. Clinton conveys her ethos by using her grand-daughter that she as a grandparent is wise, caring, and comforting. When the…

Throughout her paper, Cullington uses a variety of literary elements to assist her in expressing and explaining the ideas and claims that she examines. One of the literary elements Cullington tends to use throughout her paper is repetition. She does not use repetition in the term of words, but more so through her ideas that she writes about…

responsibility” (103-105) for their country. To enhance his ideas for America’s steel prices, Kennedy uses a variety of rhetorical strategies including: repetition and formal diction, an allusion towards his earlier speech, and using forlorn facts to ridicule steel corporations. In order to articulate his need for stable prices and wages, Kennedy uses repetition and statistics to convey a logical viewpoint for the reader, while using formal diction and long syntax to establish credibility. By…