Literature also makes up a unique reading styles because of the different literary terms and rhetorical devices that it possesses such as simile, metaphor, imagery and many more. ... A metaphor is derived from a simile in that it equates different things without using connecting terms such as like or as. ... Allusion is a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work. ... Hiss," for example, when spoken is intended to resemble the sound of steam or of a snake. ... The literary terms and rhetorical devices that I have described help makeup the literar...

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In this paper, this poem will be examined from two literary theories. ... Marxist Criticism Marxism is a way of seeing the world around us through the economic terms. For example, Marxists view history as a series of class struggles between the upper and lower classes. ... The simplest goals of Marxist literary criticism can include an assessment of the political 'tendency' of a literary work, determining whether its social content or its literary form are 'progressive'. ... Alfred Prufrock", for example, the narrator's characteristics, helpless tone and thoughts ...

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In its various forms it has maintained it value and popularity throughout literary history. ... The search to define these terms is evident in "Ode on a Grecian Urn". ... That is just one fascinating aspect of this poem and one example of how the quest genre has maintained its value and popularity throughout literary history. ... Harry is a great example to be set for young children because they need a role model to look up to. ... The "quest" genre has many enduring qualities which, in their varying forms, have, and will in future, maintained their value and popularity throughout liter...

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The elements and principles of the poetic work are built up with literary tools that Blake uses to convey what he feels as the important message in which the reader must obtain. ... The principles are applied to poetry in the same way and become a series of poetic terms that are rhyme, tone, and line treatment. ... By capitalizing both Man and God the result is an extremely taboo literary piece for its time period that places God in the same perspective or level as humanity. ... An example of this type of structural detail is in the third line which reads, " And to these virtues of D...

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Essentially the female in this poem is evaluated in terms of the physical world. For example, the author does not provide a detailed appearance of the woman. ... The verse, "She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies" serves as an example of the meter the author used throughout the poem. ... It is also romantic in the way that he talks of the beauty of a woman in terms of the beauty of the night, a clear and starry night. ... There is also an example of alliteration in lines two and five " Of cloudless climes and starry skies" and " Thus mellowed to that tender li...

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Alexander Pope has long been considered one of the greatest satirists that English literary tradition has ever seen. ... This is only one of many striking examples of Pope's use of bathos as a device to aid his satire. In Canto III, we have a fine example of subtlety of Pope's satire, this time a comment on the obsession on the society of early eighteenth century with class and the aristocracy. ... It is here that we also come to realise how utterly important Pope's inclusion of the sylphs and spirits is to "The Rape of the Lock" in terms of its genre. ... For example, in ...

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Cummings uses such literary devices as symbolism, imagery, allusion, and syntax to show that the speaker of the poem has just experienced a rebirth.The speaker is thanking God for allowing him to see life in a new light and to be reborn again for a fresh start.By using these various literary devices, Cummings is able to show the extreme gratefulness the speaker in the poem feels because he has found a new outlook on life. ... If day were part of the first line then the speaker would assume the entire poem was about why the day is amazing.This assumption, however, is obviously not true...

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"Her compact, forceful language, characteried formally by long disruptive dashes, heavy iambic meters, and angular, imprecise rhymes, is one fo the singular literary achievements of of the nineteenth century. ... For example, when I read her novel Sula, I had a hard time keeping all the characters straight, especially since it jumped from one time period to the next. ... They both want their work to accepted and published on their terms. ... She writes what she wants and on her own terms. ...

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