Simile

Auden manipulates language through metaphors. He refrains from using similes because metaphors are the stronger method of comparison. The strength of metaphors comes from their layered meanings, their subjective meanings, and their structure; they are what make this poem powerful. Metaphors are buried in layers. They intertwine meanings and characteristics making the metaphors more than just a simple comparison. With similes, the target and source are often easy to pinpoint. Characteristics…

I chose to do my three poems relating to death. Death is widely use in many poems new and old. Many poets write these poems as a sort of outlet when they’re going through tough times. I chose to do the poems “I felt a funeral in my brain” by Emily Dickinson, “Lady Lazarus,” and “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath. Emily Dickinson, and Sylvia Plath’s Lives were full of death and honestly depression. As a child Emily didn’t like to be around others, but kept to herself. She was never married and even barely…

enticed his audience for centuries through his beautiful and complex relationship of words, and the multitude of perspectives they offer. Throughout his works, he includes historical context, linguistic inferences, and significant interactions with the similes and metaphors that play a dynamic role in the life of the story. Within a “Midsummer’s Night Dream”, composed of an assembly of figurative language, this idea of the word “dream” itself, and the complexity of this in connection to the…

the first hundred I received on anything I wrote. Come to think about it I was probably in the fifth grade. From then on I always continued to dibble and dabble in writing them. In the twelfth grade is when I wrote most of my poems, I liked using similes and metaphors.…

Jennifer Strauss, Les Murray and Elizabeth Riddell explore the similar idea of loss of innocence. Strauss expresses concern for her son, whom has lost his innocence to his own anger and depression, through various contrasts. In the opening stanza she describes her son as ‘weightless of cause or consequence,’ which highlights the innocence of her son, unburdened by responsibility. Specifically, the term ‘weightless’ is used as an analogy to compare her son to the likes of Armstrong. This image…

There is no denying the fact that colors are everywhere. In everyday life, people often associate colors with different feelings or emotions. In literature, colors can be used to symbolize more than just the way something looks. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, a hopeful young man chasing the American Dream, tries for years to win back his old love Daisy Buchanan by becoming rich. Throughout the novel, color symbolism plays many important roles. The color green is…

“The Calm” by Sean O’Brien is a four part metaphor representing the infinite serenity of the ocean and the stars as well as the revolving of a lighthouse in comparison to the people who have fallen from the light. In the first three stanzas we see beautiful metaphors comparing the rolling of the waves to the movement of the stars and, the revolving of the lighthouse to the tilt of the harbor. The poem continues to describe the inhabitants of a nearby bar who have fallen from stardom, sharing a…

Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, grant mercy and healing upon us, who grieve. Amen.” DAY 21 "Eye: 'I'" Read: Ecclesiastes 12 On a "Community Walk" we stopped to enter a local historical tourist promotion company, and inside is embedded on the wall, the world’s shortest poem written by Muhammad Ali, the famous United States of America’s former heavyweight champion of boxing. Ali authored: "Me: We." How profound? I was reminded of our visit, when I asked my assistant to interpret my…

The book Blackbird by Anna Carey included a strong simile, a puzzling theme, and a relatable experience between characters. “You want to write something definitive, but all you’re left with is this sinking feeling, the grief covering you like a thin film,”( Page.33). This direct quote is an example of a simile. The meaning of the simile is to explain the grief the character felt, using a comparison of thin film. It relates to the quality because it helps the reader assuredly picture in their…

The Alchemist is a fiction novel by one of the best-selling and most influential authors all over the world, Paulo Coelho. It talks about Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, who frequently dreamed about finding a treasure in the base of the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago is a smart boy who was studying at the seminary to be a priest, but that was his father’s plan for him. In fact, Santiago wanted to be a shepherd because he values freedom a lot; he wanted to wander and discover. His desires in…