miXing AnD mATcHinG By: William Meyer SECTION A • Poetic Devices Glossary Poetic Devices Glossary Irony: a difficult term to define can refer to a manner of expression or a quality in the thing perceived. In both cases‚ irony involves the perception of discrepancy‚ usually between apparent and real significance. It is an indirect way of communicating an attitude. Irony can vary in tone‚ from humorous to bitter. Example- Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
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Silver and The Moon both powerfully describing the nature of the moon‚ the two poems depicts distinct images. ’Silver’ by Walter de la Mare is a bravura and meaningful poem with vivid imagery. In this innovated sonnet (with 14 lines‚ 7 couplets that rhyme and 8 syllables per line except for the last two with 9) that gives the reader a round and calm beat‚ a mood of serenity is found in the mystical world that appeals to children with tenderly emotion. Throughout the poem‚ the poet repeats the word ’silver’
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In The Laboratory‚ the courtesan chooses poison as her murder weapon. Poison is often the weapon of choice for female killers. It requires little or no physical strength to administer‚ and can be done secretly. It also leaves little evidence thus making it difficult to detect the culprit. We believe the act of murder is because of another woman that her lover is with and she feels physically inferior to her rival. We know this because she starts saying ‘What a drop! She’s not little‚ no minion like
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The two quatrains of this poem rhyme ABCB. The ominous rhythm of these short‚ two-beat lines contributes to the poem’s sense of foreboding or dread and complements the unflinching directness with which the speaker tells the rose she is dying. Commentary While the rose exists as a beautiful natural object that has become infected by a worm‚ it also exists as a literary rose‚ the conventional symbol of love. The image of the worm resonates with the Biblical serpent and also suggests a phallus. Worms
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the mellow sunshine of autumn‚ then comes the surprise of finding a snake in their midst. But there is no sudden movement or strong emotion expressed so there is no change in the structure either. The poem has four quatrains with a traditional rhyme scheme of abab‚ cdcd‚ efef in the first three stanzas but the fourth stanza is ghhg. The change in the last stanza is like the letting out of breath (“We took a deeper breath of day‚”) after having unconsciously held it while the snake was around.
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Emily Dickinson was an American poet who lived in Amherst‚ Massachusetts‚ where she lived an introverted and reclusive life. She was brought up in a strict Puritan family‚ though her poems suggest that she rebelled against her strong‚ religious upbringing‚ and many of her poems reflect the view that she did not see religion as a positive or sacred way to live you life‚ and while her family joined the church‚ Dickinson remained unconverted and so this made her ineligible for church membership.
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included in his poem. It helps the reader flow from one word to another; "seracs that shone" is one example of this device. There is no exact rhythm in this poem; it is more of a story then a classical poem. Since not all of the verses rhyme or follow the same rhyme scheme it sets the emotion of the poem to a more serious and mature piece then a happy and fun poem. Birney has used the lack of verse to clearly set the subject matter for a very serious and emotional poem. This piece has impressionistic
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and understated with respect to his own emotional response => chooses to focus more upon reaction of parents‚ in order to convey shocking impact of death of little boy Alliteration = Counting knelling classes close / four foot / foot for Rhyme = End rhyme => clear + year Assonance = drove + home Play on words = hard blow Words knelling = ringing church bell‚ someone died sick bay = room‚ sanctuary The boy is old enough to understand death‚ but not experienced enough to understand customs
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traditional sonnet. A sonnet is usually about love‚ and although this doesn’t immediately strike you as being a love poem‚ the primary message is that love and affection never truly dies. The writer has chosen to stick to the basic‚ monotone “abab” rhyme scheme of a sonnet. This shows him as being level-headed and emotionless‚ as the scheme is very rigid and regular. The use of iambic pentameter furthermore backs this up. Iambic pentameter is very regimental with emphasis on every other syllable. This
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Write a critical appreciation of the poem INCENDIARY by Vernon Scannell. You should comment on theme‚ diction‚ tone and structure. An incendiary is a bomb which sets things on fire‚ which gets across the idea that the boy was like a dangerous weapon‚ ready to explode at any time. This poem is about a boy who sets a farm on fire in hope that he receives the attention he has been longing for. In the first line‚ the poet describes the boy to have a face “like pallid cheese”. This simile is depicts
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