Simile

poems affected me in a way that motivated me to be the best I can. His way of writing is unique the way he uses literary devices to make the poem is absolutely great. For example he uses Simile, Personification, and Metaphore. Hughes uses a great amount of literary devices in the poem. One of them is similes. Simile in the poem brings out lots of discription. It brings out a big part of the poem that lets the reader understande…

his/her life. Shakespeare, straying from his typical poetic niche, reveals a different perspective about himself than what is usually perceived through his popular romantic tragedies. In “All the World’s a Stage,” Shakespeare uses diction, transitions, similes, and metaphors to convey the dismal message that a person’s life, no matter the varying scenes, ends how it begins: sans everything. In this timeless classic, Shakespeare carefully selects his words as to deliver powerful messages to the…

diction allows visualization of what is written. In this essay, the writer’s purpose is to lead the reader to assume that Paret the boxer plays the role of the hero, whilst Griffith, his opponent, plays the role of the villain. Through elements like similes and rhetorical devices, the author achieves his purpose and creates an impact on the reader. In “The Death of Benny Paret,” Norman Mailer utilises syntax to call attention to diction and imagery that establishes a tone, to tag on the labels…

realizes that their world is being taken over by President Snow. In Suzanne Collins’s book Mockingjay, it is common for the reader to sense Collins explaining that tenderness and love can overcome any obstacle. Suzanne Collins includes foreshadowing, similes, metaphors, and shows the mood and moral of the story during the adventure of Mockingjay. Collins uses…

the moments he has with them. This metaphor tells readers that Bauby is family oriented. A simile that is used that also has a positive connotation to it was, “On one particularly windy day, I even dared to draw near and bury my face in the folds of her [Eugenie] white gauzy dress with its broad satin stripes. It was as sweet as whipped cream, as cool as the morning dew" (24). In addition, inside this simile is also a metaphor considering Bauby isn’t literally burying his head into the empress…

In one flesh another simile is used silence between them like a thread to hold giving the reader a picture of one last thread literally holding the relationship together which is a metaphor for their child who is nothing holding the parents relationship together this metaphor…

of overuse, and he develops a successful concentration of figurative language in his essay. There is neither an overabundance, as seen in Nemerov’s poem, nor a lack, as in Eighner’s “how-to guide,” of figurative language. Stegner’s essay utilizes similes and metaphors, among other examples, to both enhance thematic and stylistic essence and convey attitude toward the subject matter. He appears to accomplish this arduous task at a higher level than that of the other two…

appreciation and love towards whomever they are honoring. He also goes on to elaborate and add emphasis to the flower being “sweet” which leads the reader to believe that this female carries attributes that make her face seem sweet and innocent. Another simile Clare uses in this poem is “ Words from my eyes did start- They spoke as chords do from the string” (Mellor 1990). This possibly means that Clare was speechless and related his emotional state to the common phrase “love at first sight”.…

Stephen Crane has a very unique writing style, one that is quirky and hard to follow at times; but very captivating. Of the numerous “quirks” that make The Red Badge Of Courage a literary masterpiece, three stand out: Crane’s use of simile, metaphor and personification. He relates war to things of the natural world, giving life and color to things that otherwise dark and melancholy. The earliest example of personification in Red Badge of Courage can be found on page 1: “The cold passed…

role models that a person needs to lead the revolution. Wordsworth uses the simile “thy soul was like a star” to show how one must stray away from the ideas of others and to be unique, since the like the universe the capacity of our minds is limitless. He continues with another simile of “whose sound was like the sea” shows that Milton’s voice was irregular, but powerful like the sea. The speaker ends the string of similes by saying that Milton was “pure as the heavens” describing Milton as…