... /dead flesh (vultures food) and comfort being consoled. In the first lines of the poem the narrators emotions are clearly expressed, this is done through tone, the mood created, imagry, emotive language and repetiton. Firstly a negative, depressing, hopeless tone is created firstly throught the repetition on the word "not". "not" is repeted four time in three lines which gives the reader a sence ... saying is his reponse is that he wont give up in despair. He his hanging on by his last bits of manly dignity. ("These last strands of man in me..") Emotive language is used to show that he h...

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... variety of emotions, feelings of fear, uncertainty, wonderment, sadness, confusion and regret are just some of her experiences. Her poetry abstract images created through techniques such as symbolism, paradox, motive language, metaphors, repetition and other poetic techniques. In the first poem for My Daughter Judith Write explores the ideas of time brings change, time is inevitable and children grow up and ... sacrifices of things, of love. She was more or less saying that love and companionship is that you need it through life. Some of the quotes and techniques are antithesis, emotive...

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... [and] deliberately stabbed him dead." (5-8) The abnormality and eerily calm ambience about this poem is almost deliberate; so when you take a first look it over its' form, structure and language it deftly composes a simplistic poem with nothing out of place – complete with no apparent literary devices that the reader would have trouble comprehending. This is the key factor which ... here. The narrative flow of the poem is continuous until the moment the horse is "stabbed dead" (8). Frost wrote this as a statement – leaving no room for any emotive language, or shock attached to the w...

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... English poet Wilfred Owen, conveys various key ideas relating to war and its consequences. These concepts have been expressed through the utilisation of textual detail and a variety of poetic and language techniques. It gives the responder a highly realistic portrait of the true horror of war. The poem is generally about British soldiers in World War One being attacked by chemical weapons ... poem and allows the responder to visualise what is in the dreams. This intimacy gives the responder the haunting emotions of the nightmares. "Guttering, choking, drowning," are harsh and emotive ve...

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... constant arguing and clashes they have throughout their relationship. At the end of the poem there is a slight reinforcement of the mother's grasp for control. Clarke uses metaphors, juxtaposition and emotive language to highlight the struggle in their relationship. The poem starts with Clarke referencing the past; "I can remember you, child" to show the mother is trying to think of ... ...

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... and scared Hardy is; this negative opening reinforces Hardy's sadness and worries which he has for his wife's safety. Furthermore, Hardy hints at a sense of isolation through his use of emotive language; "from the darkening land in tones to travelers" The 'darkening land' creates a lonely and dark tone, creating mystery and a sense of unknowing as the reader is not ... ...

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... earth approach. There is a definite difference in the description of the girl - she has changed from an unattainable and therefore highly desirable item to "that girl standing there." Endearing terms, emotive language, metaphors and descriptive phrases have been used in lesser quantities as the poem focuses more on characters than ideals and the lack of elaborative poetic devices is evidence of this ... ...

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... and hence making the poem more entertaining. This reinforces Morgan's message "have a go". Through the use of a range of visual and audio techniques such as close up zoom, emotive music, lighting and descriptive language, storytellers skilfully shape our perception of people and events in their stories. "The Truman Show" by Peter Weir and "Have a Go" by Damian Morgan are examples of how ... ...

• Word Count: 666
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• Grade Level: High School