The berries are described with sensuous imagery so that the reader can imagine the taste, smell, touch and sight of the blackberries. Simple blackberries are described as addictive wine “Like thickened wine: summer’s blood was in it”. In complete contrast to this the fungus on the blackberries is later described as rat-like which creates a disgusting image in one’s mind. The same blackberries that the persona lures us into and makes us feel how great it is, is presented in such a manner that it becomes revolting. 3.
This poem expresses frustration at the inability to fulfill one’s dreams. The eleven-line poem uses word play and symbolism to express an overwhelming sense of frustration. Using questions to guide the reader deeper into contemplation, Hughes uses symbolism and similes throughout the poem to present the reader with graphic images. Food symbolism appears more than once in the second stanza, symbolizing that dreams, like perishables, may be good at first but change when ignored, whether for better or worse. The symbolism of the raisin in line 3, drying in the sun, symbolizes the power of a dream, like the sweetness and flavor in a grape, condensing and becoming more concentrated.
The summer weather becomes a part of the fruit, permitting it to grow to maturity. Yet, a negative connotation is brought out, as the berries seem to have left “stains upon the tongue and lust for…Picking”. Heaney presents to us and enjambment followed by a rejet. He takes us from the ambiguous to the specific. The word “lust” arrests our attention at one
The poet continues to paint a bleak portrait of the present which “rott[s] with rotting grape” yet is “sweet with the fumes” (4, 5). The repetition of the word “rot” highlights the theme of decay. The interesting choice to mention the sweetness of the fumes uncovers a contradiction where putrefaction is actually “sweet”. Moreover, “fermented potato-peel” (6) “puzzle” (6) the man, the “motes of time” (3), and the reader equally because it is “turned out and left in this grass-patch” (9). The puzzlement arises from intentionally turning out a fermented potato peel and leaving it in a grass patch, in a place of green nature, in a place of “green shadows of elm, and ginkgo and lime” (12) trees.
Of course the Honey Nut Cheerios have honey and ground almonds mixed in, to give off their great honey taste. While on the other hand, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios have dried apple pieces, cinnamon and brown sugar. Both add preservatives to add freshness to the cereals. Sometimes the preservatives can be harmful if not properly used which does not happen very often. The big question is which is healthier Honey Nut or Apple Cinnamon.
Since the prison is a place of darkness and sin, the beauty of a wild rose bush growing in such an unexpected place symbolizes God's grace. By starting off with a prison door and beautiful rosebush, Hawthorne is letting us know that the issues punishment versus forgiveness and judgment versus grace are going to be super important. Like I said earlier even though Hester went through many hardships she was able to overcome and bloom just like a rosebush would. The Scarlet Letter is a dark book at the beginning because the setting of the prison makes me think of sadness. When the prison is being described Hawthorne names everything that makes it such a sad place.
(personification) | "...his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it." (pg106) | This is an example of metaphor because Hawthorne is comparing Mr. Dimmesdale's voice to a prophecy and gives it a depressing tone. (metaphor) | "...while their hearts are all speckled and spotted with iniquity of which they cannot rid themselves." (pg116) | Here "hearts" symbolizes the consciousness of not only sinners in general, but that of Dimmesdale's conscious which we know has been marred or at least should have been marred by the adultery he committed with Hester. (metaphor) | "... was admirably adapted to Pearl's beauty, and made her the very brightest little jet of flame that ever danced upon the earth."
Our chips are thinner than traditional potato chips because we want to add strong taste on the chips. When Baby Boomers open the bag, the strong taste can recall their sense of taste. Second, our chips combine some fruit tastes, such as orange, grape, strawberry, blueberry, and so on. The major tastes are sour and sweet. In one package, people can taste different fruits.
Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not. Writing English: Group Work “Blackberry-Picking” Similes: * “hard as a knot” * “sweet/Like thickened wine” * “Like a plate of eyes” * *“I felt like crying” (not one object being compared to another, but one state of being compared to another state of being) * “Our palms were sticky as Bluebeard’s” Implied metaphors: * “summer’s blood was in it” * “sweet flesh” * “that hunger” – not for eating the blackberries (i.e. not a literal “hunger”) but for picking the blackberries (i.e. the desire for the blackberring, which implies a metaphor/comparison: hunger is like desire) * “wet grass bleached our boots” (the wet grass hasn’t actually
“ He generalizes his own view of bad parenting and wants to convince you that this happens with every child. If that were true, our world would be a really sad place to live in. We all know this is definitely not the case with most of the parents we know. “They fill you with the faults they had and add some extra, just for you. “, are the last two lines of the first stanza which add to the pessimism of the first part of the poem.