"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" Keats then uses a metaphor to name autumn again, this time adding an element of personification by calling the season the maturing sun's "close bosom-friend" and attributing to these friends the capacity of conspiring together. ... The major form of figurative language used by Keats is personification. ... This personification augments both the mood of the poem, and also the beauty of the imagery associated with the mood. ... To Autumn" is in iambic pentameter form. ... The characters here are described not as people, but as Autumn it...

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This is done through a use of linguistic techniques or figurative language, including personification, auditory imagery, rhetorical questions, metaphors, similes and more. ... The author concentrates on giving autumn a personal and unique touch to allow readers to be able to see all the wonders of autumn. Autumn is frequently described as dark, callous and often conveying death; here, the writer praises autumn, showing its splendour and elegance to all. ... The technique used here is personification; autumn is given a human quality of conspiring/scheming. ... This personification of autumn,...

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He begins the poem with a simile by comparing the autumn leaves to ghosts. ... In the third stanza of Shelley's poem, he uses personification by assigning emotion to some of nature's elements. ... As the poem progresses, Shelley puts a new twist on the idea of personification. ... Though the term "reaches" is ambiguous, there is a level of personification in this line. ... Shelley's poem, conversely, applies elements of personification to a few of the objects in his poem. ...

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It emphasises the harmony of autumn and this effect, which is used often throughout the poem, could also be a metaphor for the slow down of life during autumn, and the imminent death of the season. ... The poem compares autumn to spring in the third stanza. ... The autumn has it's own music too. The personification of autumn in this poem is used to give the reader an alternative view of the seasons, and life in general. It could be speculated that To Autumn is a metaphor for existence. ...

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"The red branch of the slow autumn at my window" (5-6), shows that his love prevails through change. Autumn is known to symbolize not only change, but harvest as well. ... The poet uses personification in the last stanza, and he goes back to setting a romantic tone. ... He uses personification in line 46, "my love feeds on your love, beloved"." ...

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The second mother wishes to ride through an autumn morning on a horse with the wind blowing her hair. ... " I would like to drive alone in a powerful sports car. " " I wish I could ride through an autumn morning on a chestnut mare. " Both of these show that the two mothers want to be left alone and be out in the open where no one and nothing can bother them. ... The poet alson manages to insert personification into the poem. ...

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The letter has also used personification. ... Personification makes the letter sound more persuasive. ... The Calendar pads starts at February 14th and stops at April 14th, which is spring, which tells us that autumn is approaching, followed by winter. ... The Red Cross has used photos, personification, emotive language, calendar pads and uses of donations. ...

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As already pointed out, stanza 1 describes the effect of the wind on the land first in autumn and then in spring. ... This function changes in spring when the wind is seen as a preserver, thus restoring the life that autumn had taken away from the land. ... This personification is further developed through the attribution to the wind of verbs denoting human faculties, like wakest, hear, etc. ... Also in this case, however, the wind is presented in autumn and its function is a destructive one, because it deals with rain, hail and storm. ... His message is one of hope for mankind: autumn hera...

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The poets Alfred Tennyson and john Keats wrote many other fine written poems which include "the charge of the light parade", "Morte d"Arthur" written by Tennyson and "to autumn" and "such words" written by John Keats. ... The author uses personification with "dusked and shivered" this gives a clear image of what the author is trying to establish. The use of Metaphor and personification describes the river as being long and that it seemed to run forever " wave that runs forever" enjambment is then used as it runs on to the next line "by the island in the river flowing down to Camelot" again a...

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At the end of this stanza "The cry of the peacocks seems to mark, and to be [a] part of, the whole process of [total destruction] exampled by the fire, autumn, [and the] impending darkness" (Sukenick, p. 8). ... Along with the use of repetition Stevens also uses personification and similes. ...

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From example, the green grass will become dry and yellow when autumn arrives. ... In the last two lines, which is the couplet, Shakespeare aims for an everlasting beauty by using hyperbole and personification. ...

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Walking down 10th street, I was surrounded by small townhouses that all looked pretty much the same; the whirling, chilly breeze of autumn tingled at my bare neck and causing shivers down my spine. ... Furthermore, Ms Umansky came off as a steadfast and strong woman; she kept her poems short and simple, using literary devices such as personification and metaphors to keep her audience captivated. ...

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As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. ... Some believe this Psalm was written around autumn after the first rains broke the drought of summer. ... One example in Psalm 84 verse 2 is the use of the heart and flesh crying out is a perfect example of personification. ...

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Set in Autumn, Shelley observes the changing of the weather and its effects on the internal and external environment. ... The stanzas are made up of interlinking three-line units with the rhyme scheme ababcbcdc, continuing this to the end of the stanza: O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, (a) Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead (b) Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, (a) Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, (b) Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, (c) Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed (b) The winged seeds, where they l...

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In addition to the two yearly solstices there are two annual equinoxes as well, occurring in spring and autumn. ... Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the personification of God, on December 25, as was discussed earlier. ...

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Shelley's "Ode To the West Wind": Analysis In "Ode to the West Wind," Percy Bysshe Shelley tries to gain transcendence, for he shows that his thoughts, like the "winged seeds" (7) are trapped. The West Wind acts as a driving force for change and rejuvenation in the human and natural world. Shelley v...

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Summer gave us sweets, but autumn wrought division? ... Hardy uses the literary techniques of aporia, kennings, hendiadys, personification, and alliteration in "After a Journey-. ... Next, the term of personification is used when the speaker says "But all's closed now, despite Time's derision."" ... These are both examples of personification because personification is an attribution of personality to an impersonal thing, and neither time nor caves are human, and yet they are spoken about as if they are. ...

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Shakespeare's expression of these qualities makes Cleopatra his "most amazing and dazzling single personification." - G. ... For the bounty, There was no winter in't; an autumn "twas That grew the more by reaping. ...

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Has Aunt Jemima sizzled the Romantic South? African American enslavement from 1600---? From blackface minstrelsy to American advertisement, Aunt Jemima has remained a cultural touchstone of significant political and social change. The Aunt Jemima icon has existed for almost 100 years and has be...

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Introduction The American dream is interwoven and deeply embedded in every fabric of American life. It has also been the focal point of many novels under the genre of American literature. This dream as I understand it, is associated with rugged individualism, generous enthusiasm and idealism in the pursuit of success, fame, power and glory in their supremely possible ways. It trends from old puritanical American culture, the affirmation that Americans everywhere are a special people, "a city upon a hill" like the old puritans of New England called it, a land and place formulated by divine pr...

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