The first official mention of pipers, though not bagpipers, is in the Scottish Exchequer Rolls of 1377. It is believed that the bagpipe at this time was a gentler-toned instrument, which had not yet developed into the great, powerful, battle associated instrument that it would become. Before the bagpipe became the instrument for battle, the harp was the instrument for hastening to war. Every laird had his harper, his fool, his piper and his bard. Battles were begun with rousing poetry recited by the bard and the earliest reference to this is at the Battle of Mons Graupius in CE 82.
Introduction of Swift? Introduction of Chaucer? In the Miller’s Tale by Chaucer there are two main motifs, the first motif is the love triangle and the misplaced kiss, the second is religious and uses the second flood (Harvard, 2000). The Miller’s Tale is a fabliau meaning a brief comic tale in verse. With Chaucer’s humour there is also satire which parodies ordinary life and the previous tale.
The use of literary devices “Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.” This is an example of syntax from the excerpt from Speak. It shows that the character uses formal language. Not only is there syntax but there is also diction and imagery. Diction, imagery, and syntax are all literary devices that present coming of age. Other authors like Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Luis Rodriguez use these three literary devices to portray coming of age.
Compare Half Caste and Unrelated incidents ‘Half Caste’ is a poem that reflects John Agard’s anger at the way he is being treated as he is mixed race. His poem has repeated images of half things to show this growing dissatisfaction and anger at this. He uses humour to try to engage the audience. ‘Unrelated incidents’ is aimed at challenging the audience’s perception of how dialect influences who we are and what is socially acceptable. Half Caste has a disjointed, irregular structure to emphasise the accusatory tone of the poem and it's subject matter.
Marcus Aurelius once said, “Whosoever does wrong, wrongs himself…” Othello by William Shakespeare and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams both illustrate the critical lens. Both authors use literary devices to convey the critical lens. Both authors use characterization and theme of deception in their literary works. The critical lens means that if a person does wrong or bad thing it will eventually affect them at the end. The quotation is true because when someone does wrong thing it comes back to them.
Poetry and drama have a few key features that emphasize their per formative nature. One is the use of rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration, and other types of sound symbolism. For example, in Gwendolyn Brooks' "We real cool", the poet uses a strong rhyme scheme, a consistent meter, and an almost sing-song tone to demonstrate the lack of education of the narrator and his or her youthfulness. It also emphasizes the last line "We die soon.". Another is in "unity of action".
The seriousness of their love results from the lovers’ disrepudance (?) of artificial language of ‘love’ and superficial code they had tired by at the beginning of the play. This is seen through the development of language form beginning with rhyme (Levin- “Comedy set the pattern of courtship embodied in dance (rhyme)) heavily used in the first act to its replacement of Blank verse which representative of a for more logical and realistic tone. This also reflects a common Shakespearean comment on Appearance versus Reality which is often a deeper theme discussed in tragedy. Tragedy is said to be further represented in Shakespeare’s use of opposites or antithesis.
Chapter 10 1. The definition of Tone is a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc. The tone of a poem is roughly equivalent to the mood it creates in the reader. Think of an actor reading a line such as "I could kill you." He can read it in a few different ways: If he thinks the proper tone is murderous anger, he might scream the line and cause the veins to bulge in his neck.
It is an adventurous piece, using intertextualisation to recreate a traditional literary ambience and in this way to effect parody and make a comment about romanticism and love. Immediately, from the first sentence, the two sources of literary inspiration are juxtaposed by the writer. ‘La infanta mora’ is our protagonist – ‘mora’ being the adjective ‘Moorish’, descriptive of the period of Iberian Moorish occupation. Its use as an adjective in this way has a specific meaning; this is a Moorish princess, of Arab descent. The expression, however, also has a rather archaic but more idiomatic meaning.
This is further carried on in the next line where the poet uses the sibilance of “so sweet and so sudden” to reinforce his unbearable surge of emotion. On the contrary, ‘Sonnet 29’ also uses sibilance, but for a completely different purpose. The sibilance of “man’s desire is hushed so soon” creates a hissing sound, making the tone slightly bitter and angry as the poet talks about how love will leave you vulnerable. This is thoroughly different compared to ‘First Love’s lyrical, melodic feel as Clare talks about the gentle nature of love. ‘First Love’ also portrays love as something innocent.