... the belief in fairies expressed in some of the tales. But much more positive is the rediscovery of myth and legend which allowed Yeats and other writers to bring such figures as Cuchulain and Finn McCoull into their works as symbols and expressions of Irishness past and present. Many poets contributed to the Irish Renaissance, although Yeats rapidly left them behind. W.B. YEATS Like Thomas Hardy, ... not easily definable within conventional poetic resources. For these purposes the limits of expression in rhythm, the use of images and symbols, allusion and reference and word choice were...

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• Approx Pages: 42

... , luck, have done so before. No other similes were discovered, as were no metaphors either. Hyperboles, paradoxes, and irony were not found either. Poe also uses personification and symbolism in "The Raven."" Personification is used when Poe describes the curtains in his room as sad and uncertain: "And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain. . ."" (12). In line 44, Poe describes the raven ... as though it has refinement, "By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it worse. . ."" giving the bird human characteristics. The raven can be looked at as a variety of ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School