VILNIUS UNIVERSITY KAUNAS FACULTY OF HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT OF GERMANIC PHILOLOGY SIGITA SUBAČIŪTĖ EPITHALAMIUM IN ENGLISH ELIZABETHAN POETRY: SPENSER AND DONNE BA THESIS English Philology (State Code 61204H108) Scientific adviser __________ Graduate student _____________ (signature) (signature) _________________________ Handing-in date ______________ (Pedagogical and scientific degrees‚ name and surname) Registration No.
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figurative language‚ two of which are most common‚ alliteration and kennings. Beowulf is largely constructed around the monsters‚ condemned as outcasts‚ seeking out revenge. In Raffel’s translation he utilizes devises such as alliteration and kennings to emphasize and build fear of the monsters‚ add to suspense and accentuate action in the text. In lines 36-37 of the textbook’s‚ “From Beowulf‚” Raffel
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In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards‚ there is a usage of rhetorical devices including imagery‚ alliteration‚ and personification to create an impacting scene for the audience to obey and follow the path of Christ. He engages with his audience through rhetorical devices and registers the repercussions in relation with an angry god and being doomed to hell. In the sermon‚ Edwards applies an imagery into his speech. For example‚ he claims that "Their case is past
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The narrative Beowulf uses alliterations‚ kennings‚ repetition‚ monologues‚ metonymy and synecdoche. An example of alliteration used in Beowulf is around the lines 700-1100 in the text when Grendel was approaching and fighting the people in the hall. The lines say “Heorot trembled‚ wonderfully built to withstand the blows‚ the
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Raven analysis draft The Raven is a poem‚ written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ who through gothic and mysterious themes tells a story of nostalgia‚ loneliness‚ grief and death. The reason for all his despair is because of his lost love‚ Lenore. Poe uses alliteration and rhyme to captivate the reader‚ setting the poem into a rhythmical pattern. He does this from the very first paragraph; “Once upon a midnight dreary‚ while I pondered weak and weary‚ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore”.
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Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables. In poetry and prose‚ the use‚ within a line or phrase‚ of words beginning with the same sound‚ as in Two tired toads trotting to Tewkesbury. It was a common device in Old English literature‚ and its use survives in many traditional phrases‚ such as dead as a doornail and pretty as a picture. Alliteration is used in modern poetry more sparingly than in Old English‚ as
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emotions felt by the wild iris. 4. The style of the poem is spare‚ or plain. Gluck uses simple words to give the poem a conversational feel to it. 5. The poem is written in free verse. The stanzas vary in length‚ but all have something to think about at the end. The white spaces in the poem are meant to make the reader ponder on what’s being read. 6. Even though most of the words in the poem are simple‚ Gluck uses two words to make the reader think deeply‚ oblivion and azure. These two words
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An armada of angry kitchen applications alternate along an armored artillery arrangement. They activate an aggressive anti-aircraft artillery attack. A battle as bad as a bowl of broiled broccoli‚ the bullets bounce off of the ballistics barracks just before it began bombarding the battalion. Chaos crumbles the corrosive kitchen creations. The core has corrupted and the cult of the creations cautiously crashed to a complete cease. Dinner is destroyed due to the devastating dive bombers. The dishes
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“There’s grunting and the smacking sounds of flesh.” The author describes the concept by revealing alliteration to highlight the impression of crime and violence‚ as well as applying imagery to divert the audience’s thought towards the fight. On the contrary‚ the recurring ‘s’ and ‘sh’ sounds have been developed to expand the intensity‚ and bring about awareness
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1. Find an example of a literary device and write the example. Be sure to label what device it is and explain how your example fits the description In this passage‚ I noticed the literary device of alliteration being used numerous times. Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the beginning of a series of words. In lines 313-315‚ the "m" sound is repeated. "That mighty protector of men‚ Meant to hold the monster till its life...". I think that the repetition of the "m" sound represents
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