Wilfred Owen uses language in Dulce Et Decorum Est to give the reader the impression that war is horrible and that dying for one's country is not all the glory and honour that it seems, and that in reality, dying in a war, no matter for what cause, can be both painful and full of suffering, while Rupert Brooke on the other hand, uses language in The Soldier, to give the reader the impression that dying in war for one's country, is very honourable, and glorious. ... As for imagery, Rupert Brooke uses calm and peaceful images, to give the reader the image of pastoral and idyllic En...

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(804) However, In Piatt's poem Giving Back the Flower, she writes about a married women who falls in love with another man. ... "And to give me a little scarlet bud, that was dying of frost, to wear" (801). While this man is indeed giving her a flower, it is a dying flower. ... In We Two she questioned what His will is and in Giving Back the Flower she gives as a more definite example. ... Again, this is evident in Piatt's Giving Back the Flower. ...

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This idealistic scene gives us the illusion that in Prestatyn the weather will always be sunny, when in fact, as Prestatyn is in Wales it will most likely be raining. ... This gives the idea of the girl being unspoilt, virginal and pure. ... This gives the reader the illusion that Prestatyn will be the holiday of their dreams. ... The alliteration of s' gives clean, sharp sounds that persuade us to buy these goods, screen graves, custard, salmon, shine, sharply'. ... This gives the image of death. ...

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It shows little care or respect and gives an empty or light impression of the town. ... It also gives the sense that as the debris would be small and scattered this symbolises the small minded people being gone so there would be therefore be no problem. ... Metal tins give the impression of power and strength, this could symbolise the government. It gives the impression that they are constricted and trapped, can't reach their full potential in what they think and believe and that a higher power rules over them. ... The image gives the impression that they are afraid of reflecting, they a...

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Introduction " we were meant for - made for things that give and that mean to give glory to God." ... The speaker might be trying to give us the full experience of the poem by taking us through it and letting us experience first hand how bad things are and then telling us not to give up hope by showing us how good it could be. In a sense the speaker is giving scathing criticism and in the same breath he is providing us with a better alternative in the form of love for God. ...

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The mood here is triumphant because she knows that she has got what the lord wants most, something which her cousin cannot give, "your father would give lands for one to wear his coronet" She says this to her son, because she knows that this is what the lord wants most, an heir, and her cousin is infertile and cannot give it to him. ... The girl he chose, Cousin Kate, cannot give him a child because she is infertile. So this gives the cottage maiden some comfort that she knows this and he does not, it therefore gives her power over him and her cousin Kate. ...

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This almost gives the feel of a psychopath, yet he is only fulfilling his natural function. ... He gives the gift ( 'allotment') of death, which is an ironic juxtaposition as no one would want to receive this gift. ... In the second verse the hawk says: `Nothing has changed since I began`, which gives the impression of time. ... However, using the hawk metaphorically, these lines give us a look into Ted Hughes' outlook on human civilization. They both give the idea of humans being the most powerful beings to exist. ...

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The first one and also the most important function of poetry was to give the basic idea about the importance of social and ethical issues to the people; the secondly was the personal issues and some of them similar with diaries. ... It gives the impression that the Incense Messed Temple as he can see is quiet, distant, grand and majestic. ... The last sentence looks like an interrogative sentence, however it also gives us the certain answer about the environment around him. ... He creates collision between nature and man gives juxtapositions of power to represent the particular feeling he has...

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My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. ... Recompense is defined as "to give something (such as money) to (someone) as a reward or as a payment for loss or suffering. (Merriam-Webster) What she is saying is she wants the same love she gives him in return. ... He writes, "When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee (l. 12-14). ... Love is communicated via text or email it is no longer personal; it doesn't give you butterflies. ...

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" The word "crack" in this line has a strong "c" sound, almost resembling the sound that one's voice makes when it cracks from crying or from the cold, giving the poem onomatopoeia. ... " However, Kunitz goes the extra mile in that his poem truly preserves some of the beauty of the original, through his literary devices and his ability to spin the poem to give it meaning. ... This author's diction gives the poem its tone, where even the title, "First Frost," sounds softer than "First Ice". Kunitz's diction gives the poem feeling ...

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Using rhyming couplets give this illusion of daintiness, perfection and bliss. ... This gives the illusion of that, because along with the trimeter are disyllabic and trisyllabic variations. ... The framing of these lines give the sense of impending danger, thought, experience and that possibly evil is inherent in all good things, even in seemingly nave, hopeful poetry. ... Blake gives the answer away in four stanzas. ...

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As previously mentioned, Plath chooses just the right words to give us the jolting in sound, and there are plenty more words within this small poem that help us solve Plath's riddle. ... Beginning with the attention getting "O" gives this line emphasis partly because of its placement (about midway and turning the tone) and more so for its importance to the theme. ... In saying that, when the reader tries to make a connection to pregnancy one can infer that the speaker sees herself, a pregnant woman, as being wanted, but not for her - for what she can create or give (life/birth)....

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The poet chooses to personify the hawk to enable it to speak to us, to give a speech. ... "Hooked" gives us an image of power; that the hawk is able to hook anything that it wants. ... The hawk's authoritative tone captures the reader's image in that we are forced to give him noble rank. ... Both poems create an idea of the arrogance, evil power, and cruel intentions of the two birds which gives us a negative image. ...

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She specifically mentions certain body parts, immediately humanizing the prisoner without giving the reader any real defining characteristics. ... The ambiguity of whether he is pining for his freedom or mourning his past immediately makes it clear that we are observing the prisoner, though we are left in the dark about his true thoughts; giving them greater mystery. ... The reader is left wondering if this moment of optimism is real, or only fleeting like before; giving the relationship between the poet, the reader and the prisoner a sense of uncertainty and insecurity. ... " This is...

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Only a person can give over a point such as George did. Only through the relationship that Aunt Imogen has with George is she able to extract what gives meaning to her life. ... In other words, her family, the people that care for her, bring her to the epiphany that her life has meaning and that very epiphany is that the presence of her family in her life is exactly what gives her life meaning? ... Robinson declares that materialism will not give people meaning because it is unable to affect a person's life in any real way. ...

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All of these words give off a stigma of struggle and enduring. ... The negativity keys on these words give off a sense of fear in his speech, as if he is afraid of what is to come. ... The use of his diction helps to give the poem a personal feel rather than a manufactured and forced tone. ... Simplify and give away with much grace Or in their new home find more room, more space. ...

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I do not feel Anne is a very good influence on her readers, because by killing herself, she put off the image that when there seems to be no way out, just give up. People that are admired and placed high in society are greatly influential, and hopefully others that read her work that are going through hard times will not give up as she did, but see the whole picture, and be strong. ... Even when everything is going wrong, don't give up, because doing that is not going to make anything any better. ...

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The purpose of this persuasion is to convince the woman to give up her quaint honour' and have sexual intercourse with the speaker. ... This hopelessness is made even more poignant as the poem gives the impression that he could have her, if she didn't already belong to another, which is made clear by her necklace which reads Noli me tangere''. ... While the general wistful feel of the text gives a far softer representation of love, this may not truly be what the poet intended. ...

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The author concentrates on giving autumn a personal and unique touch to allow readers to be able to see all the wonders of autumn. ... God gives life). ... This gives a penetrative sense to the poem. ...

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There are a minimum amount of specific duties, so poets can freely work on any poems they wish to write, they are however expected to give an annual lecture on poetry. ... "On the Bus with Rosa Parks is one of several sections in her book that gives voice to young black women who speak out against the oppressive political system during the Civil Rights movements.""... "From this slight solitary woman, what a chorus of voices "bold, sly, anguished, determined...It's almost as if Rita Dove...is at the height of her craft when she is giving voice to the collection of presences that have...

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Being one of only a handful of characters that can receive as much love as they wish to give, Duke Orsino also makes the transition that many characters make by the end of the play. Orsino discovers himself and what he wants by the end of the book, and gives his heart to Viola. ...

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Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori The poem "Dulce et Decorum est" by Wilfred Owen gives us an inside view of what it was like for soldiers in the appalling conditions of trench warfare from 1914 until 1918. ... This gives us an impression of what it must have been like for the soldiers. ... Owen gives us the impression that it is happening in the present mostly because he uses many -ing words, "yelling", "stumbling", "floundering", "drowning". ...

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It is then stated that the sun gives back to nature her own gift, a hundredfold of her desire. This gives the sense that everyone is part of nature and Mother Nature has given us the gift of life. ... The last paragraph states that "the rose changes give us our joy in seeing. ...

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This is exemplified in lines 21 and 22 as he gives his word that " The shepherds" swain shall dance and sing,/ for thy delight each May morning." ... The shepherd seems to think that giving the nymph everything beautiful under the sun will keep her content forever. ... Though these poems are Similar in format, Raleigh uses the poetic devices that give Marlowe's poem its musicality not because he admires it but as mockery; Raleigh's nymph uses almost all of the shepherd's same words to reject him. ...

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Using the dramatic monologue narrative, Browning gives us a psychological insight into the narrator's mind, and also allows us get an unusual understanding behind his gruesome act of murder. ... Once they are together, they begin a heavy sexual flirtation, but it's clear the woman is having an inner conflict about giving herself away sexually. ... "Murmuring how she loved me-she/ Too weak, for all her heart's endeavor,/ To set its struggling passion free/ From pride, and vainer ties dissever,/ And give herself to me forever" (21-25). ...

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