Simile

further understand her metaphors. Plath uses a clear example of simile when Esther is dragging herself down about her looks. Esther is comparing her appearance and talents to other people as if she is “a racehorse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by wall street and a business suit” as all of her accomplishments shrink down to a small dated trophy “like a tombstone” (77). This simile compares Esther to a successful person who cannot find their…

the text ‘Only Ten’ has played an important role in enhancing the readers understand of the text. A simile is a language technique which is used by the author to create a comparison between two unlike things, places or events using like or as. Similes give a simple sentence a greater degree of meaning and lets the reader better understand the sentiments the author wishes to convey. An example of simile is when. The use of the figurative device of flashback has helped the author to create…

strengthened their friendship further. Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin scatter similes and metaphors to bring the reader into a feeling of nostalgia through the themes of a favorite childhood fairy tale and friendship. Both poets accomplish this through a sarcastic tone, and but Sexton’s sarcasm is filtered to appear joyful while Kumin’s sarcasm is meant to emphasize an established friendship. In Sexton’s “Cinderella”, the placement of similes and metaphors pulls the reader into a feeling of…

poems that I have read from the poet Tony Hoagland are, “Jet,” “lucky,” “The Change,” “At the Galleria Shopping Mall,” and “America.” In the poem “Jet” Tony Hoagland compares jets burning jet fuel to drinking beers ("Tony Hoagland"). He uses a lot similes and metaphors to contrast our size in the world. He ends this poem saying to appreciate what we have. The Poem “Lucky” is about being thankful for being healthy because there are people that are not. He reinstates the line “If you are lucky in…

There is a language difficulty level in Because of Winn-Dixie novel as it incorporatesd background knowledge, theme, symbolism, text length, plot, and vocabulary, language conventionality in figurative language /idiomatic language/dialects, similes, metaphors, and idioms. Howeveridioms. However, this novel has a real life application and captures the attention of students quickly based on the adventures of Opal andwith her newly dogacquired pet,…

Lost and Found: Identification and Community in “The Stenographers” and “This is a Photograph of Me” P.K. Page’s “The Stenographers” and Margaret Atwood’s “This is a Photograph of Me” navigate the state of being ostracized from the larger community. The poetic devices utilised within the poems create a sense of community and belonging for the lost or unnoticed. In Page’s poem it illustrates the mental condition of the stenographers, a profession women took up during the Second World War, in an…

Compare how the consequences of a conflict are shown in Mametz Wood and one other poem from ‘Conflict’. In both Mametz Wood and Poppies, the poets manage to show the consequences of conflict in both similar, and different, ways. Owen Sheers reaches back into history in order to retell the events of World War I, whereas Jane Weir’s Poppies is a much more emotional take on the outcomes of conflict. Sheers’ use of imagery allows the reader to look back on the past in a reflective manner. For…

Transcendentalism Unit Assessment 1. In Emerson’s Nature, he uses figurative language to personify Nature and make comparisons between his view of nature and society’s view of nature. Emerson uses vivid language: “I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me” (1), to explain that he is among nature in his solitude. The effect of this statement develops a point that even though he is alone, Nature surrounds him with its beauty. Comparisons such as “the stars…though always…

determination. What do these 3 words mean to you? In the poems that I analyzed, they will make you think about those 3 words and what they personally mean to you and your life.These 3 poems use many poetic devices such as, Imagery, Enjambment, Similes and Metaphors to leave the readers at a cliffhanger, wondering what happens next.The 3 words in the first sentence stated the themes of the poems I read. As you read on, you will discover how the use of poetic devices and figurative language can…

Incorporating both similes and metaphors, “Harlem” and “Still I Rise” are used to portray the different reactions of the speaker towards being oppressed, and the different kinds of oppression they face. Although both poems use similes to portray the speaker’s reaction to oppression, the speaker in the first poem faces the oppression of a dream coming true, the speaker in the second poem faces the oppression of herself. In the beginning of the poem “Harlem”, the first simile “Does…