Overall, I think that the poem, Sometimes with One I Love by Walt Whitman, theme is about love and love within someone. ... In the poem, I found a form of literary device which was alliteration, Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I, I found this in the first line of the poem. ... Another literary device that I found was metaphor which is expressed in lines five, six and seven, I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not return'd, Yet out of that I have written these songs. ...

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The major theme of the genre was like to explain and understand the movement toward a new national identity. ... The main theme in the play is love between Mary and Efrain. The literary work focuses on death, pain and great gods. ... This is very common in literary works of Romanticism. ... In summary, these reasons Maria de Jorge Isaacs is considered a great literary work valued by this literary movement in the nineteenth century....

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Reader Response is a literary criticism technique that helps the reader better understand the text and the world around them. ... The reader gets the chance to articulate their identity theme through the reading of this text. Identity theme is how we view the world. Identity is passed from mother to child in birth, and as the child grows, they develop their own identity theme, or lens through which they perceive things. ... The Reader Response literary criticism technique lives by this. ...

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"Repetitive verbiage" (Rideout pg 2) was another aspect contributing to Anderson's literary style. ... Apart from his style, Anderson's themes and subject matter are far from new. "The theme that dominates all Anderson's works [is] the conflict between organized society and the subconscious instincts of the individual" (Columbia pg 1585). ... This ironic twist helps develop the theme and capture the memory of the reader. With this said, it is now easier to understand the main theme of this story. ...

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Emily Dickinson is known for her unique form of writing and vivid imaginative themes. ... The idea of Emily's work has baffled and intrigued literary researchers for years. ... Literary researchers say that it's hard to "confirm or deny the nature of her relations ships with them- (Poetry 3). ... Literary researchers say that Emily had her own unique form of writing. ...

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When read together, they produce a complex literary experience much greater than the sum of their individual parts" (Benson, 135). The Knight's and the Miller's Tales were designed to emphasizes the themes of each individual tale. ... "The Knight's Tale is told by an eminent person, is an historical romance which barely escapes a tragic ending, and its themes are universal: the relationship of individuals to providence, fortune and free will. The Miller's Tale is told by a drunken "cherl", is a farcical fabliau, and has "a plot, not themes" (Cupitt). ... The two stories com...

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One of the most relevant and important themes that reoccur throughout the Al-Mu'allaqat is that of love, specifically love personified through nature. All of the poets in this literary collection seem to personify their love through animals and objects such as through their camels, horses, waterfalls, and several others. ... The common theme of love forms a bridge between these four poems and throughout the rest of Mu'allaqat. ... (84.29-32) These descriptions of Tarafa's she-camel are used as a literary vehicle to express love and bring power to the poem. ... This is c...

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Literary Terms In this sonnet Shakespeare uses imagery to give the reader an excellent view of his mistress. ... Shakespeare also uses a central theme in the sonnet, which is that of Un-dying love. ...

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Theme This deep and meaningful poem has its central theme on that of love. ... Techniques This poem is full of the many literary techniques available. ... Another literary technique is an allusion to classical mythology, when it refers to the nine muses' which are the daughters of Zeus. ...

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Setting: Another Country takes place in Harlem, France, Greenwich Village and other locales throughout numerous incidents in this literary work. ... Literary Style: According to Langston Hughes, "Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves, to flow and beat, advance and retreat, rise and take a bow in disappearing....The thought becomes poetry and the poetry illuminates the thought." ... Theme: The theme Another Country conveys is lucid: People must witness the world with incontestable viewpoints. ...

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For example, when reading an allegory, the reader may find it very difficult to detect and interpret the symbolism in the literary work. Because the symbols may have different meanings, the theme of the story may be totally unclear for some readers. ... While there appears to be two distinct possible meanings or themes in Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz", it is ambiguous as to what the speaker of the poem is trying to convey to the readers. ...

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The abstract theme of love is explored in Sonnet 43 and 18, written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and William Shakespeare respectively, through a range of metaphors, alliteration and repetition. ... Love, as a theme exists in poems, however differently, implying the many facets of this emotion. ... Additionally, the sonnets comprise of distinctive movements that highlight each of their unique aspects regarding the themes of love and eternity. ... Through skillful craftsmanship and varying literary devices, both the sonnets serve as exceptional pieces of poetry that truly encompass pure and abs...

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The poem "Strange Fits of Passion have I known" published by William Wordsworth in 1800 has seven stanzas of four lines each and is composed of the rhyming scheme a-b-a-b. It describes the narrator's trip to Lucy's cottage on horseback and his thoughts along the way. William Wordsworth lived in Euro...

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The author uses this literary device to show the Mama Elena is doing everything she can to separate Pedro and Tita. ... The magical realism is used very well to portray the the overall theme of love and desperation between Tita and Pedro. ...

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Romance, beyond its accepted, contemporary usage is formally defined by the Webster's Dictionary as " a medieval literary form, initially old French or Provencal, dealing with deeds of chivalry or with historical or mythological events seen in the perspective or a medieval court." ... The theme of the Grail Romance is that of the land being laid waste, a "wasteland," where the surface does not represent the actuality of what it is supposed to be representing. ...

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In "Rappaccini's Daughter" Hawthorne portrays the theme that when human beings tamper with nature, the results are disastrous. ... Hawthorne portrays the literary techniques of imagery and irony that interests the readers and makes them fell close to the characters. ...

• Word Count: 670
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• Grade Level: High School