I could visualize that the person he is talking about is the most beautiful individual ever. I could see this by the way he compared her to “…night of cloudless climes and starry skies.” I could also sense feel as I read the poem. He described her cheek and brow, “so soft, so calm, yet eloquent,…” Figurative Language: What poetic devices were used in this poem? What did these poetic devices do for the poem? Did these devices help create imagery or communicate the author's feelings?
* “dying orchids on the floor beside her bed” pg 151 quote * Daisy was in a fog and she did not know what to do without Gatsby. * The beauty of the orchids had gone away now and they were “dying” because the happiness of her evening came and went so quickly like the life of the orchids. Body Paragraph 3: TRS: The white petals of a daisy signify purity which is similar to the pureness of sprit signified by the white outfits that Daisy wears. (need to clean up) TS: The name Daisy given to Gatsby’s true love is significant because outwardly she appeared to be worthy of his love but inwardly she was not
It is at the Pigeon House she expresses her emotional passion for Robert through “[her] kiss[ing] him” (645) that “penetrated his whole being” (645). The Pigeon House represents Edna’s freedom to find
The notes of a distant song which some was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." She feels a sense of freedom which she has obviously not felt for a long time. Thoughts begin to flourish through her head as the open window provides a bright view into her own future now that she is no longer confined by the demands of another human being. Louise begins to become excited and livid as she realizes that she is now an independent woman. As she saw the "patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window" she feels the clouds lifting from her own life as she lets the words “Free, free, free!” escape her lips.
In 1785, Angelica created Cornelia, Pointing to Her Children As Her Treasures, which was a great art work in my opinion. In this painting, Cornelia is at the center of the work, talking with a friend seated at the right. The woman in red is showing Cornelia (the woman in white) all of her material possessions that she has accumulated from her husband’s world travels. After the woman in red finishes boasting, she questions Cornelia on what treasures she holds. Cornelia responds by beckoning her three children and explaining that they are her most beloved treasures.
:”what does this make me think?” (Lynn) (20) When you first meet Rose you are immediately drawn in to the talents of this beautiful woman. The songs she sang and “Hymns so sweet and mighty you expected Jesus to come down of his cross and clap”. (Bloom) Make me feel that this family is not only loving, but faithful to God. Rose is beautiful in body as well as mind and spirit. Violet is in awe of her older sister and hoping to be like her as she grows older.
“She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage!”(10). This quote signifies Janie’s awakening as a spiritual and sexual being. Janie uses this scene that she witnessed at the age of sixteen to explain to herself what a marriage is. To Janie a marriage is about a mutual and reciprocal fulfillment that should be filled with love.
However in this poem she cannot find a happier memory and recalls a dream instead, “I dreamed once long ago, that we walked among day-bright flowers.” Her use of positive imagery such as the “day-bright flowers” lightens the mood and achieves the same effect of the memories in The Violets, as she stops thinking of death and causes the reader to forget the unhappy nature of the initial memory and be emotionally moved by the warmth of the following memory where she is “secure in my father’s arms.” In her poems The Violets, Father and Child and At Mornington Gwen Harwood demonstrates through her use of memories, her loss of innocence, the love for her parents and how quickly time moves. Her memories also serve to engage the reader and make us feel her sense of happiness, sorrow and
The characterisation of the man who visits Hang act as a metaphor for a tainted Vietnam and subsequently allows her to gain greater knowledge of herself. The author then creates the feeling of hope as Hang moves forward from the looming 'shadow' that is her culture, her family and responsibility in the final passage. Huong employs natural imagery in the final passage to bring focus and show contrast between Hang's past and present, while simultaneously aiding the decisions of her future. Hang recalls the 'beauty' of the 'swans as they floated, regal and serene across the rice paddies', she is then abruptly interrupted as a 'screech owl cried' making her 'jump'. These examples of natural imagery provide a sudden shift to the present supporting Hang's belief that beauty 'existed only in her memory'.
Edna says, “The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels” (Chopin). The ideal women in Edna's era was Madame Ratignolle she would do anything for her children as would Edna this is why people didn’t understand her. Edna would do anything for her children but not in the same way a mother-woman would.