Simile

Gary Soto uses simile of further help visualize the actualities of the weather conditions that were experienced. Poets effectively use similes and are greatly used to create images in the readers’ minds. It made it easy to visualize the extent the drought had on Gary Soto’s community. In his poem he writes,“They passed the fields where the trees dried as thin as hat racks” Firstly, the simile is used to compare hat racks to dried trees. Normally, trees are seen as organisms that look alive and…

but some may find that Lightman’s use of figurative language makes the book as a whole easier to understand. Lightman elevates the content of his novel, Einstein’s Dreams, through the use of similes, personification, and metaphors. One of the many types of figurative language used by Lightman are similes. Some…

He acknowledges that everything in the town is covered in snow which results in store and school closure, which provides him with a sense of joy and adventure. In Snow Day, Collins characterizes the man versus nature conflict through the use of similes, extended metaphors, and alliteration. In Snow Day, one of the main themes is content, because Collins uses phrases that involve soft, peaceful words; the poem resonates a warm and cuddly vibe. Collins purpose, through this poem, is to show that…

in no way connected to a spur but Shakespeare makes the two seem similar using this simile. In Act IV “Show his eyes, and grieve his heart; Come like shadows, so depart!” (IV, i, 122-123). Shakespeare is comparing Macbeth’s heart to a shadow. He uses this simile to show that Macbeth is no longer a good person, his heart is now a shadow because of the horrible deeds he has done. The play, Macbeth, utilizes similes to compare these unlike items. Shakespeare also uses metaphors as figures of…

Beauty, despair, crime, and death all describe Alfred Noyes poem The Highwayman. Alfred Noyes uses Metaphors, similes, and repetition to emphasize his points and details on the highway man. The poem is not only a beautiful piece of literature but a wonderful example on how you can use gorgeous objects to describe a not so gorgeous person and events. “The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees,” this is the very first line of the first stanza in Alfred Noyes the Highwayman. This…

her peers. This results in her classmates finally being happy with how the young girl looks. In Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” she demonstrates the struggles of becoming a young woman through the use of symbolism, imagery, and similes. A very prominent device used…

In Homecoming by Bruce Dawe and Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, the two authors used a range of poetic devices to represent their messages and theme. Dulce Et Decorum Est message is about the authors time in the war and their experience with gas attacks during world war 1 where as Homecoming is about bringing the dead soldiers home from Vietnam war. The two poems have the same overall anti-war message presenting that the idea of war is waste. Both Authors have used some similar as well as…

Jonathan Edwards uses stylistic devices such as similes and personification in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to persuade his audience. Edwards uses stylistic device to get his message across and to change the mindset of the people he was giving his speech to. Jonathan Edwards implements similes in his speech to give a stronger sense of what is going on. For example he states "The wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present...". Here Edwards explains god's wrath…

guilty of his wife’s murder and sentenced to death by hanging. By looking at symbolism, irony, and simile, one can see that because of perverseness, people must be careful of the decisions they make in life which is important because if we don’t make the right decisions, we can be led down the wrong path. Symbolism is when people, objects, places, or events have a meaning…

specific themes prominent in this extract of women's bodies being used as political instruments and religion showing effect of oppression. She makes these thematic ideas apparent to the readers by making deliberate choices. Atwood’s usage of motifs, similes, and metaphors all contribute to highlighting the themes of the passage which generates a depressed and melancholy tone through the passage. Firstly,…