The poem England 1819 written by Percy Shelley is categorized by its political and religious discourses and the powerfully emotive language characteristic of the Romantic Poets of the time in which it was written. ... "A people starved and stabbed" is an example of how language in the poem is used to show the abuse. ... Lyrics such as "we"re the flowers in the dustbin" and "no future" show the emotive type of language being used in the song to present their view with the contempt for the monarchy. ... Luck in the Sky With Diamonds, a well known pop song by the Beatles shows an emotive a...

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Firstly, we will look at the simplest of these devices, that of figurative language. ... The poet resolves the difficulty of communicating her abstract ideas by making frequent use of figurative imagery, especially emotive imagery. Possibly the most emotive image in the poem is the reference to "part of my blood's country." ... Wright, in Woman to Man, chooses to use a great deal of figurative language in her expression of meaning. ... In any case, Wright's use of language such as "eyeless laborer in the night" "selfless, shapeless seed" and "intricate and folded rose" serves as an e...

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But the term is perhaps most commonly used to describe figurative language, which is as a theme in literature. ... Note that the connection between sound and pronunciation is sometimes rather a product of imagination and also that written language retains an aural quality, so that even unspoken your writing has a sound to it. ... Style is the manner of expression of a particular writer, produced by choice of words, grammatical structures, use of literary devices, and all the possible parts of language use. Some general styles might include scientific, ornate, plain, emotive. ...

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" (3) "It is found in nursery rhymes, weather saws, and so on; because, however these may have been once made in running rhythm, the terminations having dropped off by the change of language, the stresses come together and so the rhythm is sprung... The poems of Hopkins, though few in number, have caused a sensation in the world of poetry, largely due to the powerful, emotive imagery and music found within each and every one. ...

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