Abstract This paper examines Shakespeare's use of the theme of time-as-destroyer, in three of the sonnets: No's 64, 65, and 73. Shakespeare's poetic techniques are analyzed in detail. Some of these include meter, alliteration, antithesis, syllogism, personification, ploce, and chiasmus. In order to demonstrate these different techniques, the author makes extensive comparisons between the three sonnets.
From the Paper "The poem is an apostrophe, addressed to the absent (or at least voiceless) lover. It says these things you may see in me: that I am aging, that I am like a setting sun, that I must soon die. But because you see this impermanence, this fading or deterioration, you only love me more. Now, impermanence has become a positive thing, fuelling the love his beloved has for him.
"The imagery in this sonnet is gentler than that of the two others. There, we had raging, engulfing oceans, and battering days, and rocks and brass and hard, indomitable things. Now, the imagery is of yellowing leaves, and boughs that once had sweet singing birds on them. The giving over to inevitable death is not one raged against, but is a sweet thing like the setting of a sun. His late stage of life is being compared with fading light, and with night which is "death's second self that seals up all in rest." We are being eased into death here, being made to think of it as slumber."
Abstract The paper begins by summing up the themes of the poem ? old age, it's perception by others, its difficulties, and an old woman's need for love and care. The paper analyzes the poem stanza by stanza, discussing the use of strong imagery, symbolism, contrasts, metaphors, alliterations, and internal rhymes; and connects this discussion to the main themes of the poem.
From the Paper "The poem entitled, "Pigeon Woman" by May Swenson is primarily a poem that describes through the use of imagery and illustrates to us readers the effects of old age in the perception of other people, and the ole person as well. Aside from the important theme of old age and trying to defy it, Swenson also tells us of the difficulties that an old- aged woman experiences, how her everyday life seemed to be almost always a routine, how, for a woman of old age, life has been gentle or hard for her. Through the use of strong imagery, symbolism, contrasts, metaphors, alliterations, and internal rhymes, the author of this paper will discuss the themes of old age and coping and living with old age, and the Pigeon Woman's need for love and care in May Swenson's poem, ?Pigeon Woman.?"
Abstract This paper explains the content and style of Carl Sandburg's poem, "Prairie Waters at Night"; Ambrose Bierce's short story, "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"; Steven Crane's novel, "The Red Badge of Courage;" and Arthur Miller's play, "Death of a Salesman". The author points out that Carl Sandburg's poem, "Prairie Waters at Night," emphasizes the theme of the tranquility of waters at night by using repetition, alliteration, and sentence length to convey the sensations of a calming night by the water through sound. The paper relates that the works by Ambrose Bierce and Stephen Crane demonstrate the use of strong narrative; whereas, in Arthur Miller's play, "Death of a Salesman", the Requiem offers incredible ironies.
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Carl Sandburg's Poem, "Prairie Waters at Night"
Ambrose Bierce's Short Story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek"
Steven Crane's Novel, "The Red Badge of Courage"
Arthur Miller's Play, "Death of a Salesman"
From the Paper "Alliteration is also a technique that Sandburg utilizes successfully in this poem. The sound of the letter "l" is particularly effective in that it has a hypnotic quality about it. In the words willows, and laughter, we get a feeling of relaxation and ease associated with this scene. The vowel sound in the words long and drowse are also a form alliteration that forces to read the poem slowly. Another technique of sound that the poet uses is long sentences and line lengths. In this way, he forces us to read the sentences slowly, which reinforces the slow, tranquil mood he is trying to convey."
Abstract This paper explains that themes of death, altered states of consciousness and mental chaos are conveyed through traditional and sophisticated uses of poetic composition in Emily Dickinson's "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain". The author points out that the poet employs a plethora of poetic techniques such as alliteration, repetition, rhyme and rhythm to create mood and convey the central themes of emptiness and mental chaos. The paper relates that, just as sensory deprivation is a common tool used to create altered states of consciousness, so, too, is sensory overload; the speaker in "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain" describes both sensory deprivation and sensory overload.
From the Paper "Alliteration and repetition provide the musical and rhythmic backbone of Dickinson's poem. Examples of alliteration include: "felt a funeral," "seated, / A service," "silence some strange," and "dropped down," (1; 6; 15; 17). In addition to alliteration, "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain" also contains several examples of word repetition: "treading, treading," "beating, beating," "down, and down," (3; 7; 17). The rhythmic quality of both alliteration and repetition mirrors the motif of drums that the speaker refers to in the second stanza. Therefore, poetic devices perfectly reflect the theme. Musicality is also conveyed through careful word selections: the third stanza begins: "And then I heard them lift a box, / And creak across my soul /.../ Then space began to toll," (9-12). Key words invoking music and sound include "heard," "creak," and "toll." Aural imagery continues in the fourth stanza, which continues where the third left off with its allusion to a bell tolling."
Abstract The paper analyzes how Wilfred Owen presents a poem that reflects the horrors of war through the use of alliteration, metaphor and imagery, which are important poetic tools on the realities of death and dying in combat. The paper explains that through his experiences during WWI, one can realize the dangers of promoting glory in war through the stories that old men tell youth. The paper shows how in this manner, Owen presents a poem on the realities of war through the construct of his poetry.
From the Paper "This literary study will examine the verses of the poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. Through the lens of war that is presented in the text, one can see the horrors of war that the authors presents through his poetic technique. In essence, Wilfred Owens's dramatic use of alliteration, metaphors and imagery clearly depict his theme that war is a terrible and horrific encounter. The initial aspects of the use of alliteration in revealed in the 'ababcdcd' rhyme schematics that begin with the letters 's' and 'b' in various words of the first verse. Owen is keen to keep a rhythmic and rhyming feel to his poem and colors the words to give a musical sense of militarism in its structure. Alliteration offers this musical sound to the verse."
Abstract This paper explains that in "Gulliver's Travels", which consists of four main tales about Gulliver's experiences at sea, Jonathan Swift used many figures of speech such as personification, hyperboles, similes and alliteration. The author defines personification as a figure of speech in which inanimate objects are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form; whereas, similes are a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared using "like" or "as". The paper relates that alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words such as "particles", "percolate", "pillows", "pin-cushions", "petrifying" and "preserve", which all begin with "p", and are found in the same sentence in this book.
From the Paper "In the first story, Lemuel Gulliver travels with Captain William Prichard aboard the Antelope. The Antelope crashes into a rock and the crew separates. Gulliver ends up stranded on an Island called Lilliput. The people who inhabit Lilliput or Lilliputians, are about six inches in length. Gulliver stays in Lilliput for awhile, but leaves suddenly after their government threatens to take away his eyesight because of treason. In the second story, Gulliver travels to Brobdingnag. The people who live in Brobdingnag are giant compared to Gulliver. The farmer shows Gulliver around the market town, and sells him to the Queen. Glumdalclitch, the farmer's daughter takes care of Gulliver, until an eagle picks him and his home up and drops him into the ocean. He continues to float in the ocean until an English ship finds him."
This paper compares and discusses the following poems: ?Sonnet 18? and ?Sonnet 130? by William Shakespeare, "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, and ?Resume,? by Dorothy Parker.
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Abstract This paper successfully gives a detailed practical criticism on four well-known poems. A summary of each poem is given, followed by various literary devices including: alliteration, symbolism, tones, rhyme, allusion. The writer compares and contrasts the two Shakespeare Sonnets.
From the Paper "This sonnet at first seems very different from the previous sonnet. At first, it seems as if Shakespeare is talking about someone he definitely does not love, with all the negative comparisons. Again, the theme of this poem is love, but it looks at it from a different angle. We do know by the end, that the writer is in love with his ?mistress,? but it is not quite the flowery language of the previous poem, it is tongue-in-cheek. ?And in some perfumes is there more delight, Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.?
The following paper examines the social context of language in advertising and the way in which companies manipulate the language in adverts to persuade the consumer to buy their products.
Abstract The author discusses the different techniques used in manipulating words in advertising, for example, the use of rhyming, alliteration and metaphors. The writer also gives us some examples of each technique, and looks at what effect the applied technique has on people.
From the Paper "Language is considered as an effective tool in extending a company"s message to the people, particularly to consumers. Companies with different products to sell use advertisements to provide the consumer product awareness, and this will not be effectively done without the use of language. There are several ways in which companies and advertising firms use the written word to persuade people to buy their product. The first technique is the use of rhymes in product advertisements. Rhyme is defined as the "identity of sound between endings of words or verse-lines" (Duncan, Advertising--- The Features). An example of rhyming is the slogan used by the fast-food chain Burger King: "It ain't the same without the flame". This slogan informs the consumer that Burger King's burgers are not fried, but broiled, assuring the consumers that the fast-food chain give importance not only to the quality of their product, but to the customer's health as well."
Abstract This paper discusses the differences between Samuel Taylor Coleridge's two poems: "Frost at Midnight", and "Pains of Sleep". These two poems are of different themes and forms and yet exhibit the creativeness found in Coleridge's works. The author also explains how Coleridge was also a literary critic who defined the category of conversation and imagination poems.
From the Paper ""Pains of Sleep" is another literary work from Coleridge, and it was written in 1803. Contrary to the melancholy tone yet positive outlook of the poet's behavior in "Frost at Midnight", "Pains of Sleep" shows the agony experienced by the poet in his struggle to overcome his opium addiction and its after-effect. The poem discusses Coleridge's fear of sleep, and of dreaming. It is evident in the poem's anguished tone that it Coleridge describes his agony in descriptive detail. "Pains of Sleep" is categorized as an example of an imagination poem, a poem that contains brilliant imagery and supernatural elements, and is "far-off" from the ordinary world of people. Imagery during the Romantic period is a powerful tool to express a message in creative and descriptive detail, and is often referred to as "the sensations that language creates in the mind" "
Abstract This essay provides an analysis of Matthew Arnold's haunting poem "Dover Beach." It examines the way in which the internal structure and rhythm of the poem, literary devices such as anaphora, alliteration, and assonance, and the symbolic images of the land and sea interrelate. The overall result is a profoundly melancholy tone that mirrors Arnold's theme that darker currents of despair flow beneath even the most placid of facades.
From the Paper "Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach" (1851) centers on the image of the moonlit waters of the English Channel, an image that transcends its immediate physical setting to reflect broader themes of human struggle and private grief. In the mind of the poem's speaker, the ebb and flow of the tides come to symbolize much more than simply the pull of Diana's orb on Neptune's waters. The rhythm of the tides reflects the oscillation of the speaker's emotions, which range from peace and tranquility to passion and joy and finally to the overarching sentiments of melancholy and despair. The structure of the poem itself mirrors this ebb and flow of emotional currents, and its symbolic imagery builds throughout to culminate in the theme that for the speaker, all things bright and beautiful in this world merely belie darker currents of destruction, violence, chaos, and sorrow."
Abstract This paper discusses how over the years, in order to bring about the understanding of world religious doctrines, their teachers and works, many alliterations and parables have been employed and how the most effective of these and perhaps the most easily understood is that of religious leader portraying a physician. It shows how there are many examples of this throughout religious history especially throughout the Bible. In particular, it looks at Buddhism and how it is Buddha who becomes the physician and how as a physician, he comes to heal his sick children (the people of the world). It describes how in order to vaccinate against the future return of the disease of suffering, Buddha recommended the Noble Eight-fold Path.
From the Paper "In the Bible, we are told of an encounter Jesus had with the Pharisees, the crown jewel of spirituality in pre-B.C.E. Jerusalem. The Pharisees were disgusted with Jesus flagrantly seeking out the company of ?sinners.? This culminated in a confrontation on the day Jesus had dinner at the home of Matthew (Levi) the tax collector, whom he had just promoted to his inner circle of apostles. Jesus? answer to them upon hearing the question was this: "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick"For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.? (Matthew 9:12,13 RSV) His implication being that the Pharisees were not spiritually ill, so therefore, why need he to expend precious time trying to "save" them."
Abstract This paper looks at Langston Hughes and Theodore Roethke, two contemporary American writers who have been recognized as acclaimed in the same time period, between the late 1930s until the 1950s, wherein most of their poems were published. It analyzes their poetry and discusses the elements used by each in expressing their message within each poem. The poems reviewed are "My Papa's Waltz" by Roethke and "Children's Rhymes" by Hughes. It examines how these poems depict physical and social abuse, respectively and how in Roethke's poem, the theme of physical abuse is illustrated by using imagery and the utilization of alliteration, rhyming, symbolism and imagery. It also shows how Hughes? "Children's Rhymes" depicts the social discrimination that black Americans receive from their society, which is shown through a playful use of words, parallelism and rhyming.
From the Paper "Roethke's poem, "Papa's Waltz" is the poet's story of his own physical abuse as a child. "My Papa's Waltz" is a short poem, yet its powerful use of words enabled Roethke to express his inner feelings about his father in the poem. The first stanza of the poem illustrates the presence of danger and violence between the Voice and the father in the poem. The first four lines establish the general character of the father in the poem, who is an alcoholic. The Voice is in danger because of the use of the word "death" in line 3, and his apparent discomfort about his father's condition is shown in line 4: ?Such waltzing is not easy.? "Waltzing" is a symbol for the relationship that the Voice had with his father, which is evidently not harmonious, as established by the father's alcoholism and the child's discomfort."
Abstract This paper first examines the meaning of Robert Frost's "The Wood- Pile" and then examines the structure of the poem, including Frost's use of poetic devices such as rhythm, meter, rhyme, alliteration, consonance, assonance, and simile.
Abstract This paper will analyze the poem "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen. By making a study of alliteration in this poem, as well as symbolic analysis of the text, we will discover what elements of poetical device are present in Owen's poem.
