The authors use a variety of literary devices in order to convey its point. ... One literary device is rhyme. ... Another literary technique is anthropomorphism in the line "who cooks for you?" ... One literary device used in most of the poem is metaphors, in order to compare history to irrelevant events. ... Another literary device is in the line "and the Enola Gay* dropped one tiny atom on Japan" this line shows imagery. ...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Robert Frost uses the literary writing techniques of syntax, repetition of lines, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme and especially personification in his poems. The themes I have found in these select six poems support those methods and techniques. ... In the poem The Pasture, Frost uses a literary technique to emphasize the line "I shan't be gone long. ... Here he uses the literary technique known as syntax. ... The line "Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish," (pg. 894) is an instance where Frost uses the literary technique onomatopoeia, in which the word sounds ...

• Word Count: 1053
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

One of her greatest techniques is to write about the particulars of her emotions in an adage-like tone. ... She also uses many different literary techniques throughout her work which is why she is such a popular poet, and the many different interpretations of her poems make them fun to read....

• Word Count: 315
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

In the poem "Law Like Love," Auden uses his literary techniques differently in the two sections of his poem to show the confusion people have about law. ... Though Auden's different use of literary techniques in the two sections of the poem, the reader is able to get a better understanding of why law can be confusing and why he chose to compare it to love. ...

• Word Count: 723
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Hardy tends to use many of the literary techniques, but mostly those of kennings and aprorias in his poetry (poems). ... Hardy uses the literary techniques of aporia, kennings, hendiadys, personification, and alliteration in "After a Journey-. ... Another literary term that Hardy uses is hendiadys, which is the use of two words connected by a conjunction, instead of subordinating one to the other, to express a single complex idea. ... Some of the literary techniques Hardy uses in "The Haunter- are: aporia, alliteration, enjambment, kenning, imagery, and antistrophe. ... Another technique t...

• Word Count: 2972
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Despite the differences in texts, however, Nash creates humor in his mundane-themed poetry by using literary features which gives a playful aspect and entertainment for the audience. ... This is done by using a variety of literary techniques including rhythm, diction, and imagery in his banal-topic poetry. ... He gives exemplary knowledge of old poetry and high literary styles, yet his poems are not very sophisticated. ...

• Word Count: 1201
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

To His Coy Mistress- by Andrew Marvell (1621-1678). Analysis of figures of Speech and Poetic Devices. To begin, the title of the poem suggests that it is written by a man to his coy (shy) mistress. The poem is a metaphysical poem expressed in a romantic form, so it could be easily categorized as...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School