Alliteration, metaphor, and onomatopoeia are three such techniques that can be identified within the poems introduced in the readings. ... Now one can examine how the poet utilizes alliteration, metaphor, and onomatopoeia within their poems to communicate work and work-related issues as the central themes. ... Wayman uses many good examples of onomatopoeia in the second and third stanzas: "blasted", "creaks", "pound", "ring" and "blow". ... "Unemployment" by Tom Wayman Wayman uses metaphor and onomatopoeia to express the feelings of resentment, bitterness and impatience that one may have w...

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Onomatopoeia is another poetic technique used by Lord Tennyson. ... An effective example of onomatopoeia is: "In roaring he shall rise". ... In this poem Lewis Carroll uses onomatopoeia throughout the poem. ... The use of onomatopoeia; alliteration and nonsense rhyme collect together to create my idea of a monster. ... A main similarity is the use of onomatopoeia. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Rear Guard contains numerous poetic devices, one of which is onomatopoeia. "Tripping, he grabbed the wall" is an example of Onomatopoeia as "tripping" further suggests the lack of visibility in the trenches as the soldier is having difficulty in reaching his destination without stumbling in the dark. ...

• Word Count: 305
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Robert Frost uses the literary writing techniques of syntax, repetition of lines, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme and especially personification in his poems. ... The line "Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish," (pg. 894) is an instance where Frost uses the literary technique onomatopoeia, in which the word sounds like the noise it describes, using the word swish. ...

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Here, a combination of alliteration and onomatopoeia is used to emphasize the auditory imagery of these instruments, with "witching" both betraying the spooky, occult quality of the chords and onomatopoetically representing their sound. ...

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Good commentary must include: - Clear organization - Understanding of literary techniques - Alliteration - Metaphors - she is snow - Onomatopoeia - words that are spelt in a similar way to the sound - Allegory - narrative using symbols - Euphemism - cold slumber (death) - Similes - white as snow (figurative language as opposed to literal language) - Oxymoron - silent scream - Hyperbole - Visual imagery - Personification - the howling wind, dancing grass, smiling moon - Punctuation -Structure - paragraphs - Objectification - opposite of personification - standing like a statue ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Poem description and background information The poem "A World Where News Travelled Slowly" is a rather modern Poem written by Lavinia Greenlaw in 1997. The Poem consists of three verses which each describe a different way in which News travelled from one person to another. They are ordered in mov...

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The poem goes on telling us about when they heard the distant tapping of the horses an example of this " we heard a distant tapping on the road " The author is using onomatopoeia to recreate sound. ...

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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 speaker kicks off the poem by declaring that a man who...

• Word Count: 886
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The poet goes on to describe the various sounds which are audible from the house for which he uses onomatopoeia, he describes the wind as having ridden over the sea waves, which is now crashing into the hills bringing dampness and destruction with it. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The alliteration, "fresh-firecoal- chestnuts, and the onomatopoeias, "dappled, stipple, fickle, freckled, adazzle, create a pleasing sound which invites the reader to value the unique and strange characteristics of the subject. ...

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Continuing Nash's creative rhyme and language, he successfully uses onomatopoeia on the first line of the fifth stanza to a rhyme that pairs perfectly, "The bluebells and cowbells, chime; Summertime is itchy time....

• Word Count: 1201
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• Grade Level: High School

The gas attack seems to be one of the main topics in the poem and as a result this particular piece of imagery is based around it as every word or sentence to do with sea or drowning is based around this significant event: "Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light" In Dulce Et Decorum Est there are many different sound types used, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme etc. ...

• Word Count: 1128
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• Grade Level: High School

Seamus Heaney is a famous Ireland writer who has written many award winning poems. Digging, is but one of the many poems from his collection, "Death of a Naturalist". In this poem Heany is exploring his ancestry and the roots from where he was brought up. He expresses the ideas of his constant regre...

• Word Count: 1111
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School