Symbolism is the use of an object or action to express ideas, emotions, or a state of mind. Writers use symbols as a way to allude or imply something. Symbols are often more powerful than directly stating an idea, and they tend to move on a deeper level. ... There are many reasons why writers and authors use symbols, and many people can agree that they bring life and essence to their writing. Throughout the collections of poems in Silverchest, Carl Phillips uses symbolism often, in a lot of different ways. ...

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In Emily Dickinson's poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," she uses various types of figurative language and imagery (personification, metaphor, and symbol) to portray the idea that death is not a dreadful event, but actually a pleasant experience. ... Symbolism is the use of "an image intended both to stand on its own right and attract meanings to itself" (Hunt 1579). ... "Fields of Gazing Grain" is a symbol for adulthood or the long middle part of life. ... Besides symbolism, "We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain" involves personification and visual image. ...

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The usage of symbols plays an important role in being able to associate the object in a poem to a symbol and that symbols meaning and value. Frost utilizes many symbols to depict the actual meaning of his objects. ... Frosts use of symbolism is excellent as far as creating a tie between two objects in nature and the likeliness in both of them. Once again Frost associates the star symbol with that of another object in nature; the Snowflake. ... It is obvious that symbolism is an important aspect on understanding the importance of certain objects in Frosts work. ...

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Symbolism in poetry is used to portray one thing but really mean another. ... Both poets used animals as symbols to interpret the theme of their poems. ... In "Traveling through the Dark", Stafford used a dead deer as a symbol of nature ruined by the act of man. ... Many things can be used as symbols in a poem to represent a distinct meaning to it. Animals are probably best to use as symbols since some of them resemble the personal characteristics of certain people. ...

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These include the use of imagery, symbolism, metaphors and similes along with numerous sound devices. ... There are many uses of symbolism in this poem which have important meaning. ... This symbol contributes the strengthening of the theme substantially. ... In conclusion, the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou is "the best poem in the world" due to the effective use of imagery, symbolism, metaphors and similes along with numerous sound devices. ... Masterful poetry portrays meaning and tells a story not only by purely what is written on the page but having to see beyond and interp...

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There are also very few technical features in the poem, the only special addition, (other than the alliteration "dark and deep") like with most of his other poems is the heavy use of symbolism. ... Another closely related example of symbolism is "Between the woods and the frozen lake". The woods are now a symbol of life, a change from the previous example, and the frozen lake, devoid of life, is a symbol of death. The final example of symbolism is an obvious one in which death is compared to sleep. ...

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Masters wrote in a free verse style using the devices of irony, simplicity, morals and values, and symbols. ... Masters use of symbols was prevalent throughout the poem. ... He used devices such as irony, symbolism, morals, and realistic lifestyle. ...

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As we dive deeper in the 'guilty' soul of the narrator, we find that Poe's use of symbols throughout the poem is an important aspect of gaining a true sense of his paranoid psychological state. ... The symbolism of The Bust of Pallas gives the narrator's anguish more intensity because the raven "wisely" utters the word "nevermore" when asked about his Lenore. ... " Through Poe's use of the symbols together, the reader grasps a sense of the painful grief-stricken, mournful narrator's internal struggle between truth and knowledge and his dark [blac...

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He paints his literally picture by using settings, symbolism, rhymes, and allegory. ... To understand the underlining meaning of the story, we must have to understand the symbolism that comes with it. ... Poe uses symbols to imply what this poem is truly about. ...

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Therefore, the hooks are used as symbolism for the unknown and represent the questions Plath torments herself with. ... Knowing that Plath was not a religious woman, these descriptions may be symbols of what she believes is the destruction of the church and her view of the people that follow it She also compares the Communion Tablet to a pill. ... In the following stanza, the rodents are revealed as symbols of people who are happy and satisfied with their lives and show hopes are so low they are comfortable. ... This is possibly symbolism for a fresh start and new hope in Sylvia Plath...

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Yeats uses symbolism and motif as a means to represent the tension between the two worlds he is astride during 1916. ... However, through the symbolism of the swans, Yeats imposes his own desires to resist this change. ... This is illustrated in the symbolism and motif of circularity throughout the poem. Yeat's makes continuous reference to 'the widening gyres', a symbol of the cyclic nature of the world, as he depicts a world making the transition into the antithetical and chaotic gyre. ...

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Throughout the poem, Dickinson uses different types of figurative language, and imagery like metaphor, repetition and symbolism and others; these help her create a poem that people can understand it in many ways. In the first two stanzas of "Because I could not stop for Death", figurative language and symbolism are used. ... The carriage can represent a symbol of death where the bodies are carried to their graves, and similarly the speaker of this poem is being transported to her resting place. ... In the stanzas three and four a lot of symbolism was founded too. ...

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"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost suggest that the world will end by fire or by ice. Fire being the symbol for desire and passion versus ice that of hatred. Frost identifies the two scientific forms of the world end, by fire or by ice. By means of rhymes and understatements, Frost allows us to see h...

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There are many aspects of the poem that will be dealt with including the following: structure, symbolism, tone, situation or setting, the speaker, and rhyme and meter scheme. ... Throughout "The Harlem Dancer", McKay uses metaphores and different symbols to express his feelings in this piece of writing. ... Some of the elements used in this poem include the following: structure, tone, rhyme scheme, and symbolism. The symbols used within the poem vary from the physical appearance of the dancer to the way she dances. ...

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There are many aspects of the poem that will be dealt with including the following: structure, symbolism, tone, situation or setting, the speaker, and rhyme and meter scheme. ... Throughout "The Harlem Dancer", McKay uses metaphores and different symbols to express his feelings in this piece of writing. ... Some of the elements used in this poem include the following: structure, tone, rhyme scheme, and symbolism. The symbols used within the poem vary from the physical appearance of the dancer to the way she dances. ...

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This is the key factor which makes this poem stand out from the rest – because of its open nature and non-complex form that if you tried to search for any meaning or symbolism behind Frost's words, he has almost intentionally left a vast space for interpretation, paving the way for endless views, or perspectives in which this poem can been taken. ... The symbolism that can be taken from the meaning of the poem is by seeing it as a metaphor for old age, and accepting death with no reservations. ... With these symbols in place, the man could have been a manifestation of Death –...

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Daddy Sylvia Plath 1932-1963 Sylvia Plath wrote "Daddy" just four months before her death by suicide in February 1963. In the months, before she took her life she wrote two to three poems per day in a frenzy to purge her system of the chaos of her thoughts and emotions. Daddy is a confessiona...

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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. ...

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With the help of a group of critical materials, the theme and symbolism of the poem, through my point of view, will be divulged, verse-by-verse and stanza-by-stanza, through the images conveyed by the poet. ... The Raven " is the symbol of death, for the tree is the epitome of all that is life-denying and life-destroying"* waiting to consume man. ...

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A continued journey of the foetus is displayed through the symbol of the, "belly," depicting the literal image of pregnancy emphasising this journey of childbirth, a mother goes through before meeting her child. ... The symbolism of the word, "daylight," defines the awakening of not only the child as it enters the light of the real world, but also the awakening of an individual after a night of sleep. ...

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She accomplishes this by choosing a series of symbols that symbolises cycle of life which are in four stages. ... The woods are symbols of beauty in general, of imaginative value. According to Leonard Unger, this symbolism enforced by the word "but" in the last stanza. ...

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Blake's poems are extremely simple, but his descriptions of nature are steeped in symbolism and hidden meaning. ... The tiger is by nature both vicious and fearsome, but is also a symbol of energy. ... This image of fire may be a religious symbol of purgatory or purification. ...

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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. ... As the creator of all things natural, God is responsible for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees- and the "blue true dream of sky- that fascinate and enthrall t...

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I believe that Blake uses the word lamb as a symbol of how these boys were sacrificed in their line of work. ... Blake is clever in his use of symbols and colour. A lot of the time, colouring and symbolism are entwined. ... Here the black coffins are a symbol of the chimneys, and being locked up in them suggests captivity - there was no way that they could escape their lives (until death). ...

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Whitman's Elegies and His View of Death An elegy is a poetic response to the experience of loss. Although the elegy is among the oldest poetic forms with a rich history in myths and in religious texts, the elegy was a popular nineteenth-century genre. Walt Whitman was familiar with both old and con...

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