The initial use of allusion in the poem is the phrase "The Old Masters" (Auden 2) a term used to refer broadly to European painters and artists prior to the nineteenth century. ... The second allusion is the "miraculous birth" (Auden 6) used to draw a parallelism in the poem with the Christian account of Christ's birth. ... Other Biblical allusions used are the "dreadful martyrdom" (Auden 10) that submit to the persecutions that Christians faced upon the demise of Christ. Auden's imagery of martyrdom is used to evidence the fact that major cases of hum...

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He used the same theme in all of his poems throughout the book. ... In conclusion, I conclude that Whitman's poems really do express his transcendental beliefs. ... He used great similes and metaphors to pinpoint his beliefs. Also, his frequent use of cataloging, parallelism, and free verse contributed to his beliefs. ... Both poems talk about death and the impression in the tone and symbols that exudes creativity. ...

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Technical description of Gerard Manley Hopkins" poem: The poem in designed as an English and Italian sonnet. ... The poet is using accented metric when he counts the syllables, he is also using parallelism, personification, and a writing topos. ... Parallelism can be found in line five "Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend" this parallel line might mean that the speaker is seeing God equally as a friend and an enemy. ... The use of the enjambment in these lines raises the possibility that the speaker is excited by nature, that is similar to a person who is excited about a ...

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" Ⅱ.The Poem "For Anne Gregory.... The poet wonderfully uses the skills of "metaphor" and "image" in this stanza. ... In this poem, Yeats has done everything so lightly and skillfully that we hardly realize how much has gone into his poem. ... A more mature person, will know that true love takes time to grow and that love seldom happens quickly. ... In this poem, Yeats used "parallelism" skillfully. ...

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Moliére use of staging techniques, characterization, and form are extremely good. He actually did such a good job that it was originally banned by the church. ... The characterization that Moliére uses was fairly minimal. ... Moliére form for writing this poem is mainly straight forward. ... The only other type could be parallelism, which occurs when one character hiding or eavesdropping on the others. ...

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In his poem "Tommy," Kipling describes the reasons for the frustration of a British red-coat during the colonial days. ... After commenting on the general relationship between the two groups, the speaker reverts to the poem's quasi-chorus and in it he states that a t peace time, the colonists question the morals of the soldiers by asking, ""Tommy, "ow's yer soul?" ... This duplicity makes the speaker feel used and makes the community appear dishonest. ... Furthermore, he feels sorry that the soldier suffers through this abuse. The parallelism he uses to conclude each stanza...

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In the following writings that are described below are all related in some way with ironary, satire or nature that Frost uses to convey his message. It is clear by using his unique method that he is better than everyone he writes about and that is what creates the difference between him and the rest of the world. ... In the poem "Mending Wall" the direct comparison is that the speaker Frost is once again using satire and ironary "Good fences make good neighbors", his neighbor from the poem says. Frost uses irony with analogies to argue that his apple trees will not eat his neighbor's pine...

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There is a certain level of parallelism between Thomas Hardy's Men Who March Away, and several of Rupert Brooke's poems. The poets both use religion as a base for the patriotic views that they convey. ... Religion is also used to greater effect in Brooke's poem peace. ... Imagery is also used to brilliant effect in all of the poems. ... He also uses language to full effect by comparing death in battle to that of a dream, and leaves the soldier contented knowing that he has done all that he can to win the war for his country. ...

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The literary styles of repetition, imagery and parallelism were used to express the crucial concepts of the text, which also contributes to its popularity. ... The most prominent example that demonstrates God's omnipotence is that his ability to create. ... I noticed a lot of parallelisms and imageries being adopted. ... To me the style of poem-like prose is remarkably beautiful, and also extremely powerful. ... The literary styles of repetition, imagery, and parallelism are unique combination that serves their purpose well. ...

• Word Count: 1297
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The poem follows the iambic pattern (x) and the main structure is the iambic pentameter- five feets in each line-. ... The couplet is used as a turning point to tell us that immortal youth can be achieved for "my love-- the young man- by means of verses in his poetry. ... The purpose of the poem is clarity, simplicity and directness. DETAILED ANALYSIS In the 1st line the poet makes use of a recorded proverb of the age, "Time devours all things-. ... Lines 2 and 4 share the same idea - L2 The earth devours her own children in the sense that they all return to the dust and ashes of whic...

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Service writes this poem in a style similar to that of a resident of the Yukon in the time of the gold rush. ... The story that the poem tells is of true love for the Yukon. ... (lines 39-40) In these quotations, alliteration is used to emphasize the point that is being made. ... (lines 69-72) Service riddles this final passage, with parallelism, alliteration and mid-line rhyme to end the poem on a memorable note. ... Service's poem. ...

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The poet uses apostrophes: "O thou by Nature taught", or "O chaste unboastful nymph, to thee I call!" ... They believed that something, which is harmonious and simple, is beautiful. ... After that it disappeared from poetry after the gradual decline of Roman poetry. ... There are many devices used in the poem which strengthens its emotional character. ... There is also parallelism between 39th and 48th line: "Love, only Love" and "Thou, only thou". ...

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This use of paradox adds intensity to the sonnet and lays the foundation for the following quatrain. The first quatrain is like the silence before a storm; the way it is presented suggests that there is more to come. ... In a passage such as this, the distance between the composing author and the fictive speaker almost vanishes, as it is very easy to imagine that Shakespeare, a master of expression, would tell himself that a perfect ceremony of love could be invented. ... Furthermore, the verbal parallelism of the octet is replaced by an irregular line-motion as the persona's agitation ac...

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Taking a brief look at the poem a person would believe that it was written for children. The main reason for such perception would be the simple vocabulary that the poet uses. Also, the poem uses soft alliteration "little lamb- which gives a much softer feel to the poem and some might mistake it for children's poem. ... » "The Lamb- was the poem that evoked the joy and delight of innocence, because everyone is delighted with innocence. ... He reassures the reader of the gentle and benevolent nature of the creator through the use of repetition and...

• Word Count: 2099
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Soon he would show the world that he had a voice, and that it spoke with a poet's words. ... No wonder he demonstrated such an insight for life in his poems. ... His form was similar to "thought-rhythm", or "parallelism", which also can be found in Old Testament poetry and in some Indian sacred books. ... The reader of his works could not help to criticize him for his use of the world's fault to explain his view of the world. ... It is difficult to think of many major American poets who have not felt the need to produce their own long poem - and who have not felt that Whitman w...

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The latter, for him, makes use of ideology as a mediator between individuals and the system of power. ... The poem "Comrade Napoleon" along with the "Seven Commandments" indicate the vital role religion and literature can play as ideological state apparatuses in disciplining the masses. ... These two poems, in fact, constitute the driving forces behind the two major patterns of attitudes of the animals in the novel, namely revolution and submissiveness. ... Equally important, one needs to highlight the parallelism between events in this fable and the political and social situation in the Sovie...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

A major theme that can be found in Poe's writings though, is that of tragedy and lost love. ... "He was found in the bar room of a public house that was being used as a polling place for an election" (Poe's Life). ... Poe uses ghostly descriptions such as "incomprehensible lightness and elasticity of her footfall[,] [s]he came and departed as a shadow," "Marble hand," "low sweet voice," and "triumph of all things heavenly," that could suggest that Ligeia was more than human, if human at all ("Ligeia"). ... The narrator keeps...

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Joseph Kameen states," In Dante's poem, punishments must arise from the crime itself, not from the damage it has caused" (Kameen). ... He uses many examples to support his statement. One that he used as an example was when he discussed lust. ... He then goes on to say that, "By employing this parallelism, Dante creates a punishment that mirrors the sin in terms of both their might and their burden. ... Fraser uses the example of the Fourth Bolgia. ...

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A harpsichord, an instrument used in numerous Baroque pieces, often accompanied these works. ... She not only used ornaments in this piece, but also notated every one of them (Gagnon, 1). ... She used melodies, rhythms, chord progressions, and the placement of trills carefully. ... Some characteristics of this style are unresolved dissonance, parallelism, indistinct rhythms, and dreamlike feelings. ... In this piece, Boulanger used thirteen poems by Francis Jammes as her base (Briscoe, 1). ...

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Literature was learnt using any other science of culture. ... Imagery is used both in prose and poems. ... Visualization using imagery normally appears in prose than poems. There are good completely imageless poems, imagery should not be confused with actual visual image-making. ... When, however, imitation is used as a form of diction, Plato comes to the conclusion that any such imitation which mimics men who are not of upright and intelligent nature is undesirable in the ideal city. ...

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These bards and scops used a strong beat and alliteration to help them remember the songs easier. ... There is only a general idea of when the poem was written, however, there are several historical factors have help to establish the general period of time during which the poem was probably written. ... "[The] Beowulf poet manages to include a great deal of radiation in his poetic style, especially through the use of thesis and antithesis; he also makes good use of balance and parallelism" (Strong Skilled11). ... "Grendel is known as a monster and portrays one of the many villains in the poe...

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The railroad car, which they use to escape from prison, is similar to the raft; Odysseus uses to escape from his prison upon Calypso's island. ... Then there are the more obvious parallelisms. ... Circe turns Odysseus's men into pigs: Delmar thought that the Sirens had turned Pete into a frog, and Pete later said that they dressed him up like a pig. Lastly, the many cars the gang uses throughout the film, represents the many ships Odysseus uses to return to Ithaca. Even though the poem and the film do not mirror each other completely. ...

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There is a supposed lineage that can be seen connecting the Homeric epics most directly with the world of Akkadian epics (Gresseth 2). ... The earliest Gilgamesh stories seem to come from Sumerian texts which most likely reflect the crystallization of earlier epic traditions, and was probably one of the most well-known and influential poems available (West 65). ... Enkidu does develop more than Patroclus, and this may mean that he is a more complex character, or it may mean that the background and character of Patroclus was simply well-known in the epic tradition and the necessity to explicitl...

• Word Count: 4256
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate