Rosetti uses onomatopoeia as she describes the "rustling" hedgerow tops which imply the reality of the dream at the present moment, to the extent where the speaker can even hear the sounds around her, and this is further used by the sound of "far-off piteous bleat of lambs and sheep." This image which appeals to the sense of sound and also to basic human compassion is very striking as it is clear that there continue to be more victims of the "broadening darkness", which represents in this poem something which has destroyed a genuine and lively love. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By reading the novel "Funny Boy", the writer is able to show Arjie's becoming of 'a man' and who he is, by showing us examples from the beginning of the book in the chapter "Radha Aunty" of how he is affected personally by the political instabilities in Sri Lanka. ... As I listened to its rhythmic sound, I thought of her love comics and how fervently I had believed in them; believed that if two people loved each other everything was possible (Selvadurai, 97). ...

• Word Count: 1414
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate