In Jonathan Swift intriguing novel, Gulliver's Travel, Swift uses the literary device of satire to create a sense of amusement. ... Swift incorporates various literary devices such as exaggeration and sarcasm to present Gulliver's perception of England and the flaws of several societies. ... Overall Swift uses various literary devices to elevate the novel. ... It was Swift use of literary devices the added humor and interest within the novel. ...

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One of the rhetorical devices used by Jonathan Swift in "A Modest Proposal" was irony. ... Another rhetorical device that was present throughout Swift's essay was exaggeration. ... A third rhetorical device used by Swift in his essay was understatement. ... In conclusion, Swift's use of rhetorical devices such as irony, exaggeration, and understatement prove that he intends only to engage in playful humor regarding the current economic position of the Irish, and that he in no way truly meant what he proposed for them. ... The fact that Swift was able to incorporate all thes...

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In his day this satire was considered to be an attack on both the literary form known as the epic, but more so an assault on the stringent guidelines for poetry set forth by Burns's NeoClassicist predecessors. ... He uses hyperbole as a device for added effect. ...

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Some of the satiric devices are humor, irony, invective, mock-enconium, grotesque, comic- juxtaposition, mock epic/heroic etc. ... Moreover, the use of alliteration in this sentence shows Dryden's attempt to proclaim himself to be a better writer, who not only knew how to use poetic devices in the correct manner but be witty as well. ... With the help of the use of the device of Irish bard, Dryden explicitly states the true nature of Shadwell. ... 'From its old Ruins Brothel-houses rise,/Scenes of lewd loves, and of polluted joys.' by setting his throne in such a place Dryden ha...

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The literary works have different modes. ... In "A Modest Proposal" and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, satire, irony, and humor are the main literary devices. ... Swift's masterly use of this device makes his main argument, that the Irish deserve better treatment from the English powerful and dreadfully amusing, "Some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed, and I have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken to ease the nation of so grievous an encumbranc...

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Alexander Pope has long been considered one of the greatest satirists that English literary tradition has ever seen. ... Pope tells us that with the aid of certain devices he will explore this theme, and it is at this point that we become acquainted with the "machinery" of the poem. ... This is only one of many striking examples of Pope's use of bathos as a device to aid his satire. ... As the term suggests, the mock epic genre parodies the classical epic; it is constructed around the same basic formula and employs the same devices and conventions as the epic itself, yet is based a...

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Constantly active in literary circles, he soon became famous for his works on literature, politics, religion, and philosophy. ... (Fietlowitz 3) Another one of Swift's most important tools is allegory, which is a device in which characters, situations, and places have a significance that goes beyond simply what they are in themselves. ...

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