Using elements such as diction and imagery, the author exposes his feelings for the tragedy. ... The diction of "The Death of a Toad", at first sets a mood of gore as the author describes the toad as "chewed and clipped of a leg". ... Diction such as dim shade used in lines 3-6 elaborates on the garden verge not as a grave, but as a sanctuary. In the second stanza, the author continues to set a tranquil mood using soft diction even through the initial death of the toad. ... Through the author's use of diction and structure, it is evident that he envies death. ...

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This passionate and emotional tone is seen in Johnson's use of imagery, diction, and language. ... Johnson uses phrases that sound biblical to show his diction. ... The poet's diction here using the word "mammy" makes the figure seem to be very caring. ... His passionate and emotional tone exemplifies by his use of imagery, diction, and language make the poem compelling to read. ...

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Poets use diction to express a thought or to translate a message. Poets" diction change according to they themselves, their characteristics, or the audience in which the poem is referring to. Derek Walcott uses diction to certain varying degrees, to express a thought and to evoke emotion. The poets" diction is further cultivated when they use a certain style, imagery and the readers thoughts towards the mood. ... Diction is important in writing because without thought messages cannot be transmitted effectively. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Norton uses the sonnet's structure, rhyme, punctuation and use of diction to create a vehicle for her appreciation of books. ... Through her choice of diction, Norton romanticises the sonnet, allowing the reader to confuse this, with a sonnet intended for a lover. ... This use of diction imbues the books with the adoration and love that is typical of the exchanges between lovers. ... Norton creates this tone through her use of rhyme and punctuation, which is used to reduce the tempo creating a languescent response, and her gentle use of diction where personification and words such a...

• Word Count: 379
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This distance between the two, and the child's regret is shown through the diction, denotation, and imagery throughout the three stanzas. ... Hayden uses diction that turns into imagery in the second line of the poem "and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,"(line 2) because it gives readers visual of what the father looked like going through this part of his routine. ... Hayden uses diction in this quote in a way that makes it seem like a serious thing in the narrator's childhood that he may now regret. ... " (lines 13-14), uses repetition and diction to show ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He uses images, diction, tone, sounds and conflict to relay how he feels to the reader. ... A lot of the diction helps to inflict the tone of the poem which in turn defines alot of the sounds. ... Matthew Arnold uses many images, sounds, diction and conflict to portray his feelings to the reader. ... His diction helps us to understand this from his point of view. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

John Donne's poem, "The Broken Heart" is composed of a multitude amount of themes, worthy diction, poetic devices, and figurative language that fall into place in order to successfully emphasize on the thoughts of heartache from the speaker. ... The repeating sound on the words alas and glass allow the diction to be more important. ... The speaker uses worthy diction to conclude the poem and his argument. ... A lover can learn but never love again after a broken heart, Donne chooses his diction carefully to allow the speaker to wrap the poem with the idea of how the rapid damage leaves a ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Initially when reading "Moving", by Shahriar Shahriari the use of his vivid diction which sticks out and portrays his view of moving to another country as an immigrant. ... Shahriari uses such diction as "dilemma", "emotional" and "guilt". ... The use of his diction helps to give the poem a personal feel rather than a manufactured and forced tone. The use of his vivid and emotional dictions helps to portray the amount of struggle and pain he had to endure to come to and move to Canada. The vivid diction connects to the tone of the passage, which helps to...

• Word Count: 1494
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• Grade Level: High School

Paul Laurence Dunbar also uses diction to link back to his theme. ... Dunbar uses hopeful diction in the first stanza such as "bright", "soft" and "flows" to demonstrate the motivation and optimism of the African American to leave that cage and experience the outdoors like a free bird. The second stanza Dunbar use strong and harsh diction for instance his use of the words "beats", "blood", "cruel", "pain", "scars" and "stings" suggests that the bird, the African Americans, have tried to escape the impris...

• Word Count: 692
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In "Woodchucks " Maxine Kumin uses carefully selected diction to convey a message about killing and war. ... Kumin's diction becomes less literal and more connotative as the narrator in "Woodchucks, " in his attempts to abolish the woodchucks from his garden, progresses from using lethal chemicals to wielding a .22 rifle. ... Kumin's diction reveals that the narrator's attitude remains somewhat benign the following day, when "Next morning they turned up again, no worse / for the cyanide than we for our cigarettes / and state-store Scotch, all of us up to scratch "(7-9). ... The ...

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The poems of Robert Burns contain many appealing elements, such as colorful, vivid imagery and specific diction, allowing Burns to convey exactly what he is picturing while writing them. ... Especially abundant in To A Mouse is very specific diction chosen by Burns to give the poem a desired flow and express his interpretation of the event. ... "The fluid, suggestive diction conveys poetically that rigid distinctions have little to do with the world as it is." ... By employing the use of rich and vivid imagery, along with precise diction, this once "occasional poet" became a successful write...

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Throughout the poem this tone of voice is kept by the use of powerful diction and imagery to emphasize the violence and destruction caused by the Westerners. ... This expresses how much pain they endured, through the excellent choice of diction: A butterfly is a fragile and vulnerable animal and the image of it whipped, symbolizes how helpless the Africans were. ... Both these targets are achieved through the use of powerful diction and strong, vivid imagery. ...

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After it is studied and topics such as sound, diction and imagery are analyzed, one can clearly say that Keats used those techniques to illustrate the progression of death, and to show that there is still life at the end of life. ... He spreads his message through the time frame, imagery, and diction of the stanzas. ... By itself, it doesn't prove the theme, but, when added with the imagery and diction, it gets the job done. ...

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Imagery, diction, and sound/musical are all essential elements in conveying the poem's meaning. ... Frost's indecisive diction can relate also to sex. ... Through the images, diction, and sound/musical, Robert Frost's theme of Life (on Earth) is probably the best place to engage in sex and not waiting until you go to Heaven, is the true meaning of the poem. ...

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The author uses imagery, diction, and poetic devices to convey this theme. ... Imagery and diction are very important tools employed throughout "Mirror". Water and water related diction are repeatedly mentioned in the poem to represent clarity and purity. ...

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This commonplace simile, combined with the diction of 'black shoe; and 'poor and white' contributes to sense of suffocation in the poems opening stanza. ... Finally, Plath uses aggressive diction to analogise Hughes to 'a vampire', a fairy tale character likely familiar to her audience. ... The German diction of Herr, meaning Mister, is significant in portraying the nonchalant, everyday nature of oppression which forms an inescapable challenge to feminine identity. ... In this opening, Hughes makes use of the religious diction of Plath's worship to suggest an a...

• Word Count: 2183
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wilbur is able to accomplish bringing forth emotions from readers about a toad by incorporating imagery, diction, and syntax to dramatize the event of a toad being attacked by an overpowering lawn mower. ... Although Wilbur uses imagery and diction to describe the toads final hours, he really does not incorporate his own emotion into the poem. and thus is not surprised or sad at all about the death of a toad. ...

• Word Count: 324
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O Bright Star Frost and Keats both describe a wondrous star with similar style in that they use positive but curious diction to express their adulation for the star. ... He speaks of the star as a wonderful object, "feel[ing] forever its soft fall," using positive diction to demonstrate his awe. ...

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In fact, the speaker is one of the oppressed and exploited Londoners and he conveys his moral indignation through diction and metaphor. That power of diction is achieved in good part through repetition. ...

• Word Count: 429
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/diction (use of language)/etc.. ... - Diction/Syntax: Describe effects and success, your impressions... Poetry To analyze poetry: - Title - Paraphrase: to put something in your own words after the first read through - Connotation: the actual/true meaning, examining literary devices - Attitude: author's perspective (tone/diction/imagery) - Shift: key words, punctuation, stanza division, length, change in sound - Title Revisited: 2nd impression/proper understanding - Theme: love, betrayal, lost love (the poet's perspective/ideas) Commentary Organization - Introduction - B...

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By exploring the passionate and sympathetic tone of the narrator, its image, and the diction, this paper argues that this poem expresses romanticism. ... In poetry, diction is basically the choice of words used. ... By looking at the poems tone, image, and diction, it can be seen that William Wordsworth poem "Strange Fits of Passion have I known" is that of a romantic one....

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Death Cab for Cutie shares their view on the fear of commitment in a relationship through the use of figurative language and diction within the lyrics of a couple of their songs. ... Death Cab for Cutie further adds to the fear of commitment in both these poems through the use of good word choice, known as diction. ... Through the use of diction the speaker tries to comfort the girl by saying, "As the blood runs down the needle and thread/Someday you will be loved." ...

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The diction of the poem is informal. The speaker's narrative is colloquial although it changes in line fourteen where the diction becomes formal. ... I think this changes the diction of the poem. ...

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The language of the poem is old English, very high diction, very formal. ... Through strong enjambments, parallel comparison, formal diction and poetic voice the poet is delivering his message of opposition to God's unjust ways. ... In line 12 the diction suddenly changes to a lower diction then the rest of the song. This drop in the level of diction creates the sense that a child is complaining in this line. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He further emphasizes his direct approach in his translation by means of his diction. ... The author's diction becomes the most imperative tool in his or her translation since the right words are required to express the image and feeling that was intended for. ... Her physical pain can be felt through the author's diction, in the way he or she chose to use the words "ache" and "blow" rather than "hurts" or "breathes.... This author's diction gives the poem its tone, where even the title, "First Frost," sounds softer than "First I...

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