A Child’s Christmas in Warrnambool This text A Child’s Christmas in Warrnambool’ is an extract from the book The Complete Book of Australian Verse written by Dylan Thompson. This extract is written in Standard English prose and is directed towards members of the general public whom are interested in Australian culture and students or academics studying this period of time. Being an Extract from a book, the primary purpose is to engage the readers by demonstrating both a descriptive and creative use of language to illustrate the conditions of Christmas during this period of time; is stylised by its entertainment function. The secondary purpose of this text is to describe the actual events that have occurred during this period of time, this is documented by its referential function.…
In recollection of the Puritan time, in the poem “To the Honorable T.H., Esq; on the Death of His Daughter” to me it’s Neoclassical because in that time a letter in the memory of someone would be Neoclassical, not Puritan. The reader should be able to detect which era this poem came from by the literature between Puritan and Neoclassical. Puritans literature was more in the context of the bible and by strictly by God’s faith. Neoclassical literature was more well-rounded to me as if has so many more elements such as allusions, aphorisms and wit. The poem also has similarities to Puritan and Neoclassical era which I will explain more below.…
In the poem "The Race" by Sharon Olds, the usage of literary devices conveys the overall meaning of the poem. The author includes enjambment, allusion, and imagery to describe the persistence and relief the main character experiences throughout the poem. The author utilizes enjambment through the poem as a whole, Olds conveys the determination of the character is experiencing by purposely extending the sentences. The never ending sentence creates suspension, and emphasize the journey that is taking place in the poem.…
From Beginning to End and Back Again: An Analysis of Cycles in Bei Dao’s ‘At the Sky’s Edge’ At the end of Süskind’s Perfume, Grenouille realizes how much he actually hates people and decides to return to Paris where he allows himself to be torn to pieces and consumed by those drawn to his perfume. Grenouille was born to a fishwife that left him and many other illegitimate infants die, but unfortunately Grenouille was rescued and lived a life void of love and emotion. Grenouille turned out to be the abomination the narrator foresaw, murdering young girls to perfect his human perfume. Ironically, he comes back to Paris after realizing how much he hated humans.…
(E) When Babi takes Laila and Tariq to the top of the Bamiyan Buddha, Laila begins to see a different perspective of Afghanistan. She sees a small self-sufficient community, unlike the community of Kabul, which is busy and large. Laila starts to realize that there is so much more out in the world for herself and her family. This incredibly valuable to Laila because she will always remember that there is more that Kabul, there is a more peaceful pace to spend her life in. Babi also recognizes that he could move his family to a beautiful place like this and live a life away for the high anxiety city they inhabit, but Mammy is holding them back, even more than she already would have before the death of her sons.…
Writers use symbolism to strengthen their writing, making it more interesting and adding a layer of deeper meaning by adding key literary elements because it fills the story with excitement which makes it more fun for the reader. Most authors get an opportunity to utilize these literary devices to make each story his or her own like setting the tone, building the characters, and leading the reader through the journey of the authors mind. Likewise, the literary elements like imagery and syntax are used by the author to attempt to create a mental picture in the mind of the reader and syntax to help make inferences and draw conclusions about what the reader reads. In the short stories, Indian Education by Sherman Alexie and The Dew Breaker…
Throughout the excerpt Rebecca, the narrator is recounting a dream she had about a place that is dear to her, which is called Manderley. While reading the excerpt the reader will come across a variation of moods. In the beginning one will come across a mood of mystery. Eventually, as the reader continues on throughout the passage the atmosphere starts to become nightmarish and very eerie. Subsequently, as the reader nears the end of the passage they will start to get a feeling of nostalgia created by the passage.…
In the introduction of the poems she has feminised her form of writing by romanticising it. She is reminiscing about times with less sorrow, and nature is a big part of her memories. Time and nature are two characteristics of Romanticism within literature. She also feminises the subjects of her writing. She has personified “Mercy”, “Fiend of the Discord” and “Liberty”, and refers to these using the feminine pronoun.…
In the poem she makes it clear that she was having a hard time moving forward, as she shows us through her use of repetition and punctuation throughout the poem. Trethewey also uses the palindromic structure to show the readers how conflicted she is in her mother 's death. She mirrors the first half of the poem with the second half to give us the impression that she is in a consistent circle of grief and conflict. Finally, Trethewey uses Erebus as a metaphor for the darkness she felt, and the purgatory she felt she was stuck in after her mother 's death. She begins the poem drifting into sleep, awakening without her mother, and she ends by falling asleep, and leaving to be with her mother again.…
“For the Anniversary of My Death” and “The Nail” are considered as the main turning point in W.S Merwin’s use of stylistic approach to poetry. In almost all of his poems, he virtually uses no punctuation of any kind as his choices of words are simpler. Still present in these poems are the poet’s fascination with death, the spiritual, ruination, and the natural. These poems capture the facets of Merwin’s 1960s style and the use of imagery. They are also presented in stanzas, which are irregular, but given the link between the stanzas, the poems suggest that an inverted sonnet was used by the poet.…
“We are all born crazy, just some of us stay the same. ”-unknown. In the story, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, by Edgar Allan Poe, a man crazily tells a story about a murder he committed. He committed this murder because of an old man's “vulture looking eye”. The man ends up seeing himself in the eye of the old man.…
Another pattern in the poem is the use of the words, "We passed" in lines 9,11, and 12. In line 17 similar wording is used but is changed to, "We paused". The poem flows smoothly which adds to the beauty of the poem. It is a well told story of the speaker remembering her former life and the day of her death. She portrays a picture of death being kind and peaceful and although she lead a busy life death is something she could not escape thus accepted it with…
She put her education to good use by making many poems, religious hymns, children’s books and essays in her lifetime. Obviously, the theme of women and femininity is present in the piece. She starts off with a call to arms to all of the women in the world, and asks them to stand up and fight for their rights, however, she seems to back off in the last few stanzas of the poem. It is difficult be sure, but she might be trying to put a sense of irony in the piece.…
The poem that is being analysed in this essay is To Think Of Time which was written by Walt Whitman, an American poet in the 1800s. This essay will explore the meaning of the poem and analyse the different ways the messages were explored. The different poetic techniques that were used or that not used help the poet to express his message in a deeper context. These include the use of repetition, imagery, and rhythm. To Think of Time could be easily retitled ‘to think of death’, as Whitman explores the themes of inevitable death, and how often death occurs.…
The world when the modern poetry was born was deeply touched by the discoveries of that time, be it Einstein’s theory, or Freud, or the development of a new art – photography. Everything come together and left its mark on modern literature, and implicit, on poetry. On this period, a great influence over the poetry of the world had the American poets. According to Cary Nelson, the modern American poetry is “unexcelled in its richness, inventiveness, and diversity”, and those characteristic are what makes modern poetry succeed. Some of the American poets (Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound) even come back to Europe and act as mentors for writers from all around the world, other remain home, in America, but their influence was none the less important:…