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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."

Tags:owen, wae, dulce

Tags:form, formalism, metaphysical, structure

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The paper examines Geoffrey Chaucer's "The General Prologue" and analyzes Chaucer's use of metaphor, simile and images to bring the Franklin alive. The paper also identifies Chaucer's unusual diction, unusual word order, rhyming, alliteration and poetry style. The paper shows how Chaucer provides a clear portrait of the character of the Franklin.

From the Paper
"Geoffrey Chaucer's "General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales provides ample details for the rest of the tales. Metaphor and simile are just two examples of literary techniques that Chaucer utilizes to bring the Franklin alive. While on the surface, it may seem like we do not have enough information to visualize the Franklin, when we pay attention to the details, we do. One technique Chaucer uses to help us understand the Franklin's personality through metaphor. For example, we are told that he was "Seint Julian was he in his contree" (342). A metaphor that Chaucer uses to illustrate the Franklin's generosity is when he describes his cellar, noting, "It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke" (347). Here we are presented with the image of food literally falling from the ceiling. The image here is that of a man that had plenty to give and gave of it willingly. In addition, we read that the Franklin's "table dormant in his halle always/Stood redy covered al the longe day" (353-4). This image is one of table standing ready, as if it is standing to attention, like a solider, waiting for the cook to place food upon it so that it might fulfill its purpose. These metaphors bring us closer to the Franklin and his world."

Tags:metaphor, simile, images, diction, rhyming, alliteration

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This paper analyzes Robert Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays". It first considers theme, motif and imagery. The theme presented is that of delayed gratitude expressed by the son to the father for quiet and tacit expressions of love. The paper then considers other devices used, such as repetition, assonance and alliteration. Finally, the nature of fatherly love is dwelt on in a reflective way.

From the Paper
"The poem is a recollection of how the father used to brave the severe winter mornings to warm the home so that the son may rise from bed in warm surroundings. In the final two lines we find a rhetorical question: "What did I know, what did I know / of love's austere and lonely offices?" (Rampersad and Herbold 261). It is the admission of the son that he had long remained ignorant of the true extent of his father's love as expressed in his sacrificial efforts to provide warmth to his family on winter mornings. In his expression of love his father's office is an "austere" and "lonely" one, and the poet builds up a striking image through the use of these adjectives. As a prelude to this image the poem builds up the description of his father's efforts on cold Sunday mornings. "

Tags:motif, imagery, assonance, alliteration

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The paper examines how Carol Oles' poem, "Stonecarver", conveys a mother's attempts to get a boy to remember his father in a new light. The paper analyzes the structure of the poem and highlights Oles' use of alliteration, personification and simile.

From the Paper
"In "Stonecarver," Oles uses the attempt of the speaker to get a boy to remember his father differently than he actually was to show that people's concern with what others think is more important to them than honoring their loved ones and celebrating their positive characteristics. The speaker, who we can assume to be the boy's mother, and the boy are at the father's funeral, and the boy is being told not to make his own judgments of his father because she fears if he does he might think less of him because of his appearance. In reality, this woman is a hypocrite because she clearly has a low view of the man herself as shown by her endless criticisms. Through alliteration, personification, and simile, Oles shows the human instinct to bend the truth in order to improve our appearance and of those we love, and the maternal instinct to protect her son from disappointment."

Tags:alliteration, personification, simile, appearance, judgements, mother, son

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This paper provides a discussion of the main theme and poetic elements of Kirwan Henry's poem "Bee Season." Elements of poetry such as onomonatopeia, metaphor, alliteration, consonance, personification and others are addressed.

From the Paper
"Good poets are said to be able to use the elements of poetry to provide universal insight and understanding from the local and familiar. In Kirwan Henry's poem "Bee Season", Henry achieves this goal of good poetry, one that is achieved through his use of poetic elements to reinforce his meaning. Beginning with his description of how bee stings are covering his body, the speaker in "Bee Season" appears to view the bees as somehow alien or foreign to him. The bees seem..."

Tags:metaphor, alliteration, personification, transcendence, nature, human dilemma

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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."

Tags:themes, alliteration, repetition, deprivation, overload

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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, fueling 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."

Tags:alliteration, beauty, chiasmus, courtly, elizabethan, literature, love, personification, ploce, poetry, shakespeare, sonnets, theme, time, life, imagery, repetition, couplet, technique, contrast

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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.

Table of Contents
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."

Tags:alliteration, sensations, narrative, requiem, ironies

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The paper analyzes the structure of the poem "Woodchucks" and points out the significance of the author's allusions to the Holocaust and Charles Darwin. The paper also identifies the author's use of alliteration, metonymy, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, simile, oxymoron and understatement and shows how they all contribute in evoking the intense emotions that are creating conflict inside the man.

From the Paper
"In "Woodchucks," Kumin describes the extermination of pests by a farmer with conflicting feelings. The man's attempt to rid his yard of woodchucks turns into a vicious series of unnecessary shootings while the man tries to convince himself he is being humane and conceal his sorrow. The man's inability to be even slightly evaded or outwitted by the woodchucks results in his rapid, overly passionate desire to dominate the varmints, so that there is no question as to who is superior. Key allusions to the Holocaust and Charles Darwin, along with alliteration, metonymy, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, simile, oxymoron, and understatement all contribute in evoking the intense emotions that are creating conflict inside the man."

Tags:alliteration, metonymy, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, simile, oxymoron, understatement