There is a real sense of danger and fear. The poem sets a stormy scene, with the word “wild” repeated at the start to show how wild and violent the storm is, and leaving us in no doubt as the mood of the poem. The sea is high and the gale has a steady “roar” with use of onomatopoeia emphasizing the sounds of the wind blowing brutally. There is a sense of personification with the “undertone muttering” with “incessant” showing that this noise continues all the time. This develops into ‘demoniac laughter’, which links the devil to the storm, making it seem evil and hostile.
One of the more drastic punishments in the novel for sinners is for the Sodomites, who were violent against nature; they were punished by having to eternally walk under a rain of fire, constantly burning. They were described in the novel as homosexuals who are eternally “mourning eternal loss in eternal flame” (120). Another punishment that Dante uses vivid imagery to describe occurs in the 9th pouch, where the devil splits open every sinner who walks by him; one of the most painful punishments. It was so severe that whenever Dante first saw some of the victims he said “See how Mahomet’s mangled and split open! Ahead of me walks Ali in his tears, his head cleft from the topknot to the chin” (228).
The words that are used are unique in a way that it creates this atmosphere that it feels like the story is unraveling right before you. Words combinations such as flaccid waistline, sallow urban complex, swift and passionate, are all helpful to visualize the story. The sentences that are put together help to form a visual in the mind that is incredible. “The land fled past, the rock-stabbed earth, the scrub flattened by wind shriveled by violent sun. Way off in the distance, as ominous as mounting clouds, a line of mountains stood darkly along the horizon”.
The sentence structure, the affluent use of diction, the imagery and the personification of the passage allows a vivid connection between the wind and Ellen’s cry. The imagery allows a parallel with the character’s emotion as well, and contributes to the dark atmosphere at the manger. All these add to the mood and aid the reader to connect with Paul’s desperation and emotional
John Foulcher Speech Have you ever really thought about death? It happens every day…. Death creates an image of demise and loss, which often brings to mind dark colours and vehement feelings… these figures also portray an image of violence. Death can be described as a violent act of life… and so for this reason, violence can be seen as inherent in life… John Foulcher presents this theme in both his powerful poems “For the Fire” and “Kangaroos Near Hay”. He uses a variety of effective literary devices to further explore this idea.
We cannot quite tell whether it is sunrise or early evening. I think that the sound of the birds merged with the time of day described and the gallows presented along with the howling winds gives the reader the sort of impression that gives a person Goosebumps. As Pip is running across the path beside the sea, there are gallows in the background. I can say with certainty that Lean put them there on purpose to create an atmosphere. He does this because the most popular connotation of gallows is death or something violent which is in every manner a negative thing: it shows that Lean is successful in his objective to create an ominous mood.
The theme of violence is depicted by the menacing introduction to the poem as we open at the funeral of a murderous gangster. This is shown by “the clouds piled up, dragged their rain through the cemetery”. This creates a bleak and sinister atmosphere which echoes the events taking place. By using personification, it’s as if the clouds are alive and manifesting this sombre mood. Immediately this sets the tone for the violence later in the poem.
Shelley makes use of literary allusions in her novel, drawing parallels to her characters and other literary figures, such as the mariner in Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner, published in 1798. The lines, “Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread,” and “Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread,” directly from Coleridge’s Romantic poem, which is linked with the novel, as both the mariner and Victor are cursed by exceeding the boundaries of man; as Victor creates the fiend who haunts him, kills his family and friends in retribution, and the mariner kills the albatross which results in the death of his companions. Both are punished with the penalty of remaining alone on earth, displayed in Frankenstein, as Victor states, "I had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity desolated my heart." In Blade Runner, Scott also makes a literary allusion to William Blake’s America a Prophecy, written in 1793, which embodies the theme of retribution. The misquote of Batty from Blake’s novel, “Fiery the angels fell.
In the poem the moths Stewart uses different imagery to describe the moths and how they have power, Stewart uses a lot of weather imagery in his poem like, snow, sleet, wind, gust, storm which describes the moths being “snow-white”. He also uses water imagery to describe the moths which are fume, stream, showers and gushing which describes how the moths are angry and have power. Stewart also uses Onomatopoeia and it creates an impact of “awe” they are; blaze, foam, gushing, swept and thrust. He uses onomatopoeia because he wants to show the audience how the moths can be powerful and angry. Both Stewart and McCubbin use distinctive visual in their texts to explore how the Australian Environment can be unique and they also show the audience, the depth of the visual used in the
This is a good example of darkness imagery because when crashing thunder, lightning and rain come to mind, they all remind you of evil and ominous things. There is also a total reversal of values shown by the use of oxymoronic language. In act 1, scene 3 Macbeth and Banquo come across the witches and when Banquo says