12th ENGLISH – POETRY AND LITERARY DEVICES |Literary Device |Definition |What does it “do” to meaning? How can it be “interpreted” in an | | | |analysis? | |Repetition |Repeated word / phrase |The repetition of ____ helps emphasize the importance of / | | | |inescapability of … | |Simile / metaphor |Comparison (like/as or without) |The simile / metaphor, comparing ____ to ______ reveals…
Denotation The literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning. Opposite of connotation Hyperbole Exaggeration or overstatement. Opposite of Understatement Imagery Language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching. Internal Rhyme Rhyming within a line. Metaphor the comparison of two UNLIKE things.
Most poems are unhealthily obsessed with the theme of nature. The poem, ‘Aurora Leigh’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, is a perfect example of a poem that shows this unhealthy obsession with the theme of nature. It is an epic poem with a passionate tone. It speaks of romance, beauty and nature. Perhaps Browning tried to capture the whole essence and beauty of nature in her poem.
#). For poems or plays with line numbers, you can use the line number instead of paragraph number. o When quoting lines of poetry less than 4 lines in length use a slash (/) to indicate a break between the lines. Example: “What happens to a dream deferred / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?” (cited in Clugston, 2010, Imagery, para. 15).
Deep Semantics Of Imagery In The Color Purple Apart from its endless potential to engender thought which it shares with philosophy, literature is ‘a category of labour’ (Ricoeur, 1981: 136). It is a structured totality irreducible to the sentences that constitute it so that the first problem it presents as a work is that of understanding (Thompson 1984: 178). Reading a literary text is, therefore, quite different from reading other texts; here, the exercise involves a back and forth movement. The critic observes the clues offered by the text and the validity of his construction is through the logic of probability (Aristotle). In Ricoeur’s deep semantics, metaphor is indispensable for it opens a wide range of possible relations a word can enter into.
Literary Terms Figures of speech are words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else. They always involve some sort of imaginative comparison between seemingly unlike things. Not meant to be taken literally, figurative language is used to produce images in a reader’s mind and to express ideas in fresh, vivid, and imaginative ways. The most common examples of figurative language, or figures of speech, used in both prose and poetry, are simile, metaphor, and personification. Flashback is a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event.
Notice that there are two tabs in the “NASB Concordance for” window. The Primary Results tab shows you the Old Testament (translated from Hebrew) and New Testament (translated from Greek) verses in the NASB that contain the word “advice.” The word you search for is in red and the blue number superscript is a link to Strong’s Concordance. For example, in Jdg. 20:7, the word advice is translated from the Hebrew word corresponding to Strong’s number H1697. In 2 Sam.
The loaded dog displays the distinctly visual aspect of short stories very well as it describes what is occurring. An example of distinctly visual language is “rich gold quartz reef” this quote using imagery to shows the visual aspect of what they are searching for. Henry Lawson describes many images and paints them into every reader’s head so they may have some idea of what he is seeing or imagining. He continues to use imagery to get the distinctly visual out to the people by saying “the creek was low, just a chain of muddy water holes,” this showing us the harsh dry land that the Australian outback gives us. He continues to describe the harsh heat and humidity of the Australian Outback “sickly smothering atmosphere of the summer sunrise” with the use of sibilance we get the picture.
She also effectively utilizes literary techniques such as rhythm, alliteration, and imaging that contribute to the overall theme. The speaker of this poem associates himself with a group that he refers to as we. The poem is written in first person, presenting only one character’s point of view. The title is ironic. "We Real Cool" is contradicting the last line, "We Die soon."
Continuing with stanzas 2,3, and 4 “ Just like moons and like suns,With the certainty of tides,Just like hopes springing high,Still I'll rise.Did you want to see me broken?Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops.Weakened by my soulful cries.Does my haughtiness offend you?Don't you take it awful hard Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard.” In stanza 6, Maya continues with “You may shoot me with your words,you may cut me with your eyes,you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll