Other symbols are private or personal; having a special significance derived from their particular use by an author. ... Puns are sometimes used for serious purposes, but more often for comic effect. ... While analogy serves the more practical purpose of explaining a thought process or a line of reasoning however other analogies simply offer an explanation for clarification rather than a substitute argument. ... Various methods can be used, including memories, dream sequences, stories or narration by characters, or even authorial sovereignty. ... I also learned that there are stories be...

• Word Count: 1599
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Irony is another way some authors of slave poetry illustrate their points to their audience. ... Wheatley is known for writing poetry with a dominant influence of religious and moral themes. ... The irony of this poem is present from the very beginning where the reader can infer the tragic irony of a man, whose hard life had been given new purpose by his search for freedom, but he dies just before he can reach it. ... One difference between the last poem, "Middle Passage," and the other two are that the authors of the previous poems lived during the time of slavery and had personal experience ...

• Word Count: 846
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth basically encapsulates the definition of Romanticism in 19th century poetry as a result of Wordsworth adherence in the writing of this poem to most every aspect involved in the formation of that definition. ... As reflected in various stanzas such as "Others will enter the gates," and "Others will watch," and "Others will see" (pg. 1067, lines, 13-15), Whitman's purpose for writing of this poem was to preserve this particular experience in the form of a poem for future generations to enjoy. ... Whitman ble...

• Word Count: 1321
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is poetry that has an, "ulterior motif," (Cooper, 2006) that helps the author to subtly criticize problems in society. It appears that the author is purposefully creating a world being edited and changed. ... The Mower frowns upon those who use their gardens for pleasure-seeking purposes. ... He is using nature for his own purposes by cutting down the grass to spite Juliana, which is different to simply cutting down the grass to help it grow as seen in the beginning of the collection. ...

• Word Count: 1808
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Though a symbol has been used extensively since the pre-Islamic period, modern poets' innovation lies in their intermingling of mythical items with ordinary symbols to serve the multi-purpose poetic objectives such as expressing their views concerning socio-political aspects and criticizing the pitfalls of their societies. ... The beginning of his use of myth coincides with his co-author Abdo Othman's use of myth in the poetic collection Marib Speaks (1971). ... That is why critics believe that by the break out of the revolution, Yemen has settled the issue of poetry by defeating the...

• Word Count: 1102
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As much as possible, the authors indicate the visualization by imagery. Generally, imagery describes what the author wants to visualize. ... All these distinctions between literature and non-literature: personal expression, realization, lack of practical purpose and fictionality are restatements within a framework of semantic analysis of age old aesthetic terms such as: unity in variety, aesthetic distance, framing, invention and imitation. ... He described literature as, "imaginative writing in the sense of fiction" (Eagleton 1). If one then believes that 'writing in the sense of fiction...

• Word Count: 5585
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate