The poem starts off with the speaker's very blunt observation, "A toad the power mower caught." Made the poem drastic and unemotional to the death of toad. The lack of sympathy is clearly recognisable as the first stanza continues on the description about the toad's injury and movements. Then as the toad, brings himself to the cineraria leaves, the speaker starts to use symbolism and starts to show some interest. That the toad was surrounded by "heartshaped leaves" and will die in this "final glade"(6).
In the Scarlet Letter he uses symbolism -the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character - all throughout his novel, to explain the life’s of the puritans and their customs. In the conclusion, Hester and Dimmesdale are buried next to each other which symbolize that the community has, in many ways forgiven them for their adultery. Even after death, the legend of their love continues while their graves are slightly apart, they share a common tombstone, “On a field, sable, the letter A, gules,” I translate this as a symbol that they could not be together in life, but in death they share a scarlet
Words and phrases, they repeat and they convey a meaning, they create a mood and a sense of place, they create a home for a character, and a learning place for your mind. In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, he uses diction and repetition of phrases to enhance the mood of his novel. The repetition or words and ideas in this novel enhances the mood, especially when Candy's dog died, and in the final scene. The moment when silence sets in is the moment that a person knows that something is wrong. When candy goes silent John Steinbeck repeats that one word over and over again.
There are many examples of poetic techniques in this poem, for example the mirror is a metaphor for his reflection or thinking back on his life in the second stanza “mirror of my soul”. There is also an example of personification found in the third stanza, “awakening trees, hacked clean for better bearing, stand defaced suffering”. If I were to paint this poem I would use dark blue, a very light yellow and blood red. The dark blue would be used to symbolise the dark morning light just as dawn is breaking. The light yellow would be for the light of the sun as it breaks over the horizon and also for the fading light of the lamp.
The idea is communicated throughout the poem that not only people are beautiful, but also that nature possesses just as much beauty. The speaker uses metaphors to talk about death in his own perspective. The speaker discusses death from his own point of view, “Her hardest hue to hold” (2). By talking about her own death, the speaker shows the reality of death. The speaker shows the brutality of death.
“Toad in a Multiplicity of Cultural Contexts and Time-spans.” “O how the mighty have fallen.” One might exclaim in contemplating the toads carved on the porch of the 14th century church of St. Pierre in Moissac, France; for one specimen is seated “at the sex,” as Luyster phrases it, of the female figure personifying bad mothers. Another toad leaps from a demon’s mouth (See Figure 1) .Luyster interprets the scene as an “inverted” Annunciation and designates the role of the leaper as symbolizing a demonic proclamation/impregnation and the female figure of an anti-virgin Mary (Luyster 165). A freeze frame of a nightmare would carry more appeal than this scene. Here snakes and toads torment la femme. Demons frame the figure, and toad has ignored
[…] ‘Right up her ass!’ ‘Did you hear?’ ‘Did you hear what he said?’ ‘Right up her ass!’” (Golding 149). Roger kills the sow by pushing his spear through it’s anus. This shows destruction of not only spirituality, but also civilization. The British gentleman is said to have a proper decorum and it is seen to be disappeared completely in this situation. Last but not least, destruction of spirituality is seen through the event; Simon’s murder.
Kate Experienced the sight of her love die right infront of her. And who killed love, ( Sam the owner of Mary Lou the dokey) Well it was Trout Walker and he even shot the help less donkey Mary Lou. Now kate is in confusoin and despair, so she killed trout. After that kate was called “Kissin Kate” because she kissed a African-American man (Sam) She just cant get the death of
During the ball a masked person appears and he portrays a frightening corpse who died of the Red Death. Prince Prospero is infuriated and demands the guards to arrest him. They are all to shocked and afraid to do so. So Prince Prospero goes for him only to be killed, along with the others who participated in the ball, by the Red Death. In this story there are objects that symbolize death coming.
You are an ogre. Let me go, or I will tell my papa." (Shelley 127) When the creature approaches William he screams and runs away in terror. This makes the monster feel very alone and he becomes enraged and eventually ends up strangling William to death. He then takes a picture of Caroline Frankenstein that the boy has been holding and places it in the folds of the dress of a girl sleeping in a barn—Justine Moritz, who is later executed for William’s murder.