In the story, “Marigolds”, the author, Eugenia Collier uses imagery, diction and connotation in deep way. One example is of connotation is “... how thick were the bars of our cage”. This gives a negative connotation because it's pointing out how big their poverty is. An example for imagery is “running together and combining like fresh water color painting in the rain”. This shows how she and her friends would run around and play together.
In the poem “The Century Quilt” by Marilyn Nelson Waniek, Waniek is able to craft a complex, contemporary poem using a variety of literary devices. Through enjambment, imagery, and chronological succession, Waniek describes the complexities of her quilt and reflects on it’s beauty and uniqueness. In lines 1-2 of “The Century Quilt” Waniek uses enjambment to start her poem with ambiguity and suspense. In addition, her use of enjambment slows the pace and forces the reader to digest each line as an individual thought, rather than a cohesive statement. In turn, the slowed pace and ambiguity of the opening couplet offers a preview to Wanieks unique style and syntax.
She sees her past and her future when she’s under the quilt, again furthering upon the idea of “The Century Quilt”. Through the use of imagery, tone, and structure, Waniek ties an ordinary everyday quilt into multiple complex meanings, not only giving the reader something to connect to, but also giving the poem an extraordinary feel to
Diction is an important literary device used to shape Melinda’s character and mannerism. Diction is the author’s choice of phrases to express ideas in their work. Anderson uses this to depict Melinda’s thoughts, such as,“ I grab a seat. Another wounded zebra turns and smiles at me.” The author’s word choice of “wounded zebra” communicates Melinda’s thoughts; or voice, through her clouded interpretations of her peers.
We often disregard the people in our life without truly loving and understanding the complexity of the relation they have with the world. In this poem we see the true and upstanding continuity of our brains and how we do things daily. The true spark of this poem is in it’s imagery where, in its framing, relations come to play. “by her all-purpose apron, and the power it possessed.”, we associate power with supernatural abilities and so to say that a person can, by use, give something abilities creates distinguishable visual effects. For instance, when you read, “She used it for a basket, when she gathered up the eggs,and flapped it as a weapon, when hens pecked her feet and legs” the first thing that may of come to mind is the Tardis from “Doctor Who” and how outwardly small it is compared to it’s vast inner room, and that perhaps Grandma’s apron resembles that timey-wimey stuff.
Dillard implements imagery all throughout her essay, which gives the reader a clear picture of the events occurring. For instance, she describes her husband “gesturing inside a circle of darkness” as a result of him gradually travelling farther away from her (Dillard). Ultimately, the use of imagery in this case represents the loneliness the narrator begins to feel. The author also utilizes metaphors to get her message across. Dillard compares “grammar and lexicon” to a “decorated sand bucket and a matching shovel” because without the other, they will not be able to fulfill their purpose (Dillard).
Positive connotation is a prevalent device that is used in order to effectively portray the true meaning and themes of the poem. “I’d dream of myself, of my childhood of miracles, of my father’s burnt umber pride..” Wanieks use of positive diction creates the sensation of joy and amusement with a sentimental tone. The uplifting tone also contributes to each aspect of the family and the joy they all share, despite the age and condition of the grandmother, the narrator reflects on positive matters in the poem reminding the readers of joyful family value, or in this case the positivity and joy the quilt brings to the
Is it better to have liberty or being sheltered. It’s better to have liberty because, with having liberty you 're allowed to have your own ideas and thoughts. To where being sheltered you 're only allowed to think what they want you to think and live how they want you to live. I have three examples in: The Giver, Civil Rights Movement, and the American Revolution these components demonstrates why, it 's better to have liberty than to being sheltered. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a boy named Jonas lives in a sheltered community.
So too can works of delicately woven poesy bring from their environments new understandings and appreciations. Only when an observer can begin to believe to understand the intention of the threader, for instance, can such connections begin to resonate. In Zora Neale Hurston's “Journey's End,” the poet's sparse, dense world becomes illuminated for her readers through her speaker's intention, providing for modern readers new contexts through her webs. Without the recent illumination upon Hurston's career offered by Alice Walker, noticing these webs would be considerably more difficult.
Although the intention of the Articles of Confederation was to create a stable government for the 13 colonies, it was sadly designed poorly resulting in an overall ineffective government. The Articles may have been rewarded with some success with respect to western lands, but the overall effect was negative, especially the economic conditions. The economic conditions were primarily the most negative aspect of the Articles of Confederation. The inability to tax settlers caused the federal government to have a serious shortfall in revenue, and the restriction to regulate trade added to the chaos.
In Acosta’s poem she writes about the way her mother stitched quilts together and she uses powerful words to describe how her mother puts the quilts together and what the intended purpose is. I feel that the author uses the
Doing this she creates a real-world connection between the text and real life. Duffy uses alliteration to grab the reader's attention to certain words and phrases. In the poem it said
Identity, it lives inside someone, it makes them who they are, it makes them stand out, it's something they found out by themselves, right? Someone’s identity can be impacted by societal normalities, friends and family. It may not be solely found through one person's eyes and experiences. In the book The Poet X the main character and the people she surrounds herself with go through the struggles of finding their true identities. The book is a poetic novel that follows a Latina teenager named Xiomara.
Edgar Allan Poe was a talented poet who was famous for his poems and short stories. In fact, Poe was such a great writer that he was able to have a career through writing alone. In his poetry, Poe is able to make readers feel emotion and a connection to his poems by using writing tools such as imagery and word choice. Throughout many of Poe’s poems imagery is used to help readers visualize a picture in their mind of what is happening and understand the emotion of the poem.
Harwood therefore uses the poem as a social commentary on 1950’s Australia. Through figurative language, she shows a dark side to motherhood and how the repetitive and mundane lifestyle can be exhausting. The line “hatred forks between my child and me” shows that the persona is an honest reflection on how ultimately, a mother can resent her children at times. Harwood therefore uses the rhythm of her ‘vengeances’ to form the final couplet in each of her stanza’s which stress that they are related humorously. The quote “inside my smile a monster grins, and sticks her image through with pins.” contains a child like rhyme that contrasts against the dark statements suggesting that the humorous exaggerations could be the persona’s way of dealing with her own confinement.
