... set, shared by writers looking for analogies and connections between things. Conceit Definition: an idea or concept expressed in a clever way. Often took form in ingenious and consciously far-fetched metaphor. Conceits attempt to capture elusive insights into the nature of human experience, which are partly feelings and partly intellectual perceptions. They play between literal and figurative meaning. Wit Definition: the ... blinded thine."œ a subtle comparison and outrageous suggestion that his s radiance could blind the omnipresent sun Pun: adds emphasis And thou shalt heare, All her...

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... does not fully know yet what is happening; however, that changes significantly in the next (third) stanza. The third stanza is gripping. Using a physically shocking metaphor the poet has created the image of a cruel, callous hand violating the innocence of a girl. The reader can feel instinctively through the brutal insistence of the ... the tearing of the girl in every way. The sound of the word causes the reader to envision and feel what has taken place in the metaphor "splits the green girlwood of her body". Another reference to the virginity of the girl child in the poem - "green" as...

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... does not fully know yet what is happening; however, that changes significantly in the next (third) stanza. The third stanza is gripping. Using a physically shocking metaphor the poet has created the image of a cruel, callous hand violating the innocence of a girl. The reader can feel instinctively through the brutal insistence of the ... the tearing of the girl in every way. The sound of the word causes the reader to envision and feel what has taken place in the metaphor "splits the green girlwood of her body". Another reference to the virginity of the girl child in the poem - "green" as...

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... on thy brow", which is common imagery for death. This idea of death is furthered when Keats writes, "And on thy cheeks a fading rose...", where the "rose" is used as a metaphor for death. Also, when describing the faery, he writes, "And her eyes were wild", which gives the reader a devilish image of the faery. Behind all of the imagery in this ... out the "La Belle Dame sans Merci, Hath thee in thrall". He realises he is now dying, as he "awoke on the cold hill's side." Therefore, this poem could be a metaphor for Keats" own disease, which sadly killed him, as he lost out to nature's "s...

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... the idea of movement in the poem and the progression of the journey away from the urban area. It is also quite a strong, definite movement and when used in the metaphor 'swerving to solitude' and 'from' the city, it suggests that Larkin is eager to leave the city. Thus, from the beginning of the poem, urban life is portrayed negatively and ... to give a specific example of desire for something to believe in, before making the need for love a more universal theme in the final stanza. Larkin uses natural imagery in the metaphor 'warm spring rain of loving care'. The tone at this point id ...

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... of his father. Owen writes, "When lo! An Angel called him out of heaven; / Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad" (10-11). The entire story is used as a metaphor for the war. Owen suggests that the leaders create this war, and they sacrifice their youth, their sons, to fight it for themselves. They could choose another path, and at ... his opinion that the loss of so many young lives is unnecessary and preventable. Owen's poem "1914" marks the beginning of World War I. This, like "The Parable," is an extended metaphor and it expresses Owen's overall abhorrence for the war. Owen begins "...

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... gory and gothic. It describes dead people's eyes or the buriers did not have any emotion. On the last line But nothing happens' is used once again and it is a metaphor for war in general. In each stanza, the verses are five lines long. There is a regular shape and the last line is centred, it is quite small and it gives ... actually was. Again, a premature man gives the audience more sympathy towards him and it is quite shocking. He's lost his colour very far from here' this could be seen as a metaphor for his youth, innocence, blood and his rosy cheeks. The fourth stanza is very long h...

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... by churches to mark a funeral, I think this is an effective way for Heaney to convey to the reader early on in the poem that something is wrong. The only other metaphor in the whole poem is "poppy bruise" (Line 19) to describe how it looked red coloured with black in the middle. In "An Advancement of Learning", Heaney personifies the river ... ...

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... defined, in Webster's Dictionary, as an "unclouded vault of heaven." The word "azure," coupled with the word "Spring," helps show Shelley's view of rejuvenation. The word "Spring" besides being a literary metaphor for rebirth also means to rise up. In line 9, Shelley uses soft sounding phrases to communicate the blowing of the wind. This tercet acts as an introduction and a foreshadow of ... ...

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... could convey routine, the fact that more than once a "dump" would have to be used and also just the routine of war that doesn't seem to end. Rosenberg uses the metaphor "burning bee" instead of bullet, this has a theme of nature and of nature. Many of Rosenberg's poems do seem to involve animals, the rat in "Break of Day in the ... ...

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