In the except from the novel “ Under the feet of Jesus” by Helena Maria Viramontes shows the development of Estrella from being angry to understanding what she needed to do to succeed. The author uses figurative language and selection of detail to show the changes Estrella’s character went through, which reveals that knowing what things are is beneficial. The author uses figurative language like similes and metaphors to show Estrella’s frustration with her teacher and her understanding of tools. The author says, “ all that a jumbled steel inside the box… seemed as confusing and foreign as the alphabet she could not decipher.”
In an excerpt from her novel We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates uses disorganized syntax, detailed imagery, and repetition to characterize the speaker, Judd Mulvaney, as a young, curious boy, coming-of-age and suddenly aware of his maturity and of the realities of life. In the excerpt, Oates uses disorganized and unusual syntax to display the enormity of Judd’s revelation, thus alluding to his sudden awareness and depicting him as a young boy shocked by the brevity of life. As Judd comes to terms with the fact that one day he will die, he becomes disturbed by the reality that death is inevitable and his heart rate quickens. He interrupts his sentence to describe its rhythm: “ONEtwothree ONEtwothree!”.
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).
In the following essay I will discuss and form a clear analysis about Elizabeth Bishop’s poem ‘Exchanging Hats’ that was published in 1979. Elizabeth Bishop is an American short-story writer that was born in 1911 and loved writing poems to describe the dominating side between male and female. It addresses many things such as crossing dressing, gender roles and it brings out a deeper meaning of fashion. It refers to the world famous story of Alice in Wonderland. It is done in such a way where everything that is being describe is not being said directly but rather describing actions that symbolizes different principals of theories.
Year of Magical Thinking: Motif and Purpose Syntax: Joan Didion’s motif was created by using synthesis and syntax throughout her narrative. One syntax that Didion used very frequently was shift in syntax. One of Didion’s motif was lack of control, and when she used shift in syntax, it expressed to the reader that her mind would be jumping from place to place without having much control. One example is shift in syntax is on page 152, because Didion goes from explaining Alcestis and questioning with a frantic tone “…If the dead were truly to come back, what would they come back knowing? Could we face them?
“You can't judge an album by a single song; it's like judging a book by only reading a single chapter” Trevor Rabin. Although the short stories Cathedral and A Rose for Emily have completely different plots, they both have morals that are described in this quote. Cathedral follows around a blind man named Robert visiting an old friend and her husband, who does not care for the Robert. A Rose for Emily is about Emily, a woman who is perceived as a local oddity but soon the townspeople realize she is not just odd, but also a little bit crazy. Both Emily from the short story, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, and Robert from Cathedral by Raymond Carver, portray characters that become of the targets of premature assumptions, but
"The Poet’s Occasional Alternative" by Grace Paley and ‘In My Craft or Sullen Art’ by Dylan Thomas are poems which portrays writing as an arduous and under-appreciated form of art. In "The Poet’s Occasional Alternative", the speaker’s disillusionment with the poor reception of his poetry is exacerbated by the contrasting attention his pie receives, while the speaker in ‘In My Craft or Sullen Art’ reveals his motivations for persevering in his writing despite the lack of attention it receives. Both poems illustrate how the act of writing receives little attention from the masses and is thus an unappreciated form of art. In "The Poet’s Occasional Alternative”, the speaker likens the process of writing poetry to that of making a pie with starkly different results. The pie is described to “already” have a “tumbling audience”, and these expressions show how the pie is able to garner a substantial and excited following with ease, even from “small trucks” which are inanimate objects, presumably toys.
“Artworks have ‘aboutness’ and demand interpretation” (Barrett 71). This statement creates a foundation for writing, specifically about dance, as each dance piece is always about something, no matter how simple it appears to be. As I began to write about dance I knew not only to provide a description of the piece, but utilize the description as evidence as I develop a possible meaning. Additionally he explains, “There can be different, competing, and contradictory interpretations of the same artwork” (Barrett 73). When I would begin to develop an explanation from the description I provided, I had to remind myself that my interpretation was only one view of the dance and I should not try to provide one comprehensive interpretation for the
As the reader nears the end of the first quatrain there is a turn of events. For example, in the first quatrain the poet uses negative toned vocabulary: “But I hung on like death: / Such waltzing was not easy” (Roethke, 3-4). Specifically, the word ‘death’ sticks out because dancing is supposed to be fun not scary. Additionally, the poet has, once again,
Biography of Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet and short-story writer and is considered one of the most important American poets of the 20th century. Elizabeth Bishop was known for her highly detailed and objective point of view. In some of Bishop's writing she used details about her life and the people in her life , but she was always cautious because she had tried to avoid using personal details from her life in her poetry. Elizabeth Bishop was born February 8, 1911 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Bishop was a only child and her father had died when she was eight months old, Bishop's mother had became mentally ill and was institutionalized in 1916 and had remained in the asylum until her death in 1934.
Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop, an American poet, was born on February 8, 1911, in Worcester, Massachusetts, and died on October 6, 1979, in Boston Massachusetts. She was 68 years old. She is considered one of the most distinguished American poets of the 20th century, and was probably one of the most adorned in her achievements. Major Achievements Her first book of poems, North & South (1946), was reprinted in 1955 with additions, as North & South: A Cold Spring, winning Bishop a Pulitzer Prize For Poetry that same year.
The repetition of the word “one” shows Raoul and Christines’ devotion to one another. They no longer live as two people, they exist together as one. From the omniscient point of view, one can see that the Phantom of the Opera hears the whole exchange and gets enraged by it. Despite his efforts to win her over, Christine and Raoul sing this line again when finally escaping the Phantom's lair. The Phantom has no other choice but to listen and weep.
(Bishop 754) These quotes show description in the imagery around them. For Stafford it would be him standing in the heat near his car while for Bishop it would be the great detail of the aging of the fish. Reading these poems was relaxing because the spacing and lines give a calm tone. However, in “The Fish” the tone went from detached, to great detail, and finally captivating at the end when the author refers to the fish as a rainbow.
Erdrich’s use of strong imagery and sensory language leads to striking and vivid diction in her poem. Painting a picture of what this tragic scene looked like while she also gives light to the actual situation going on, asserts the story Erdrich is trying to get across. She begins with “The stream was
“Bishop’s carefully judged use of language aids the reader to uncover the intensity of feeling in her poetry.” Elizabeth Bishop’s superb use of language in her introspective poetry allows the reader to grasp a better understand of feeling in her poetry. Bishop’s concentration of minor details led to her being referred to as a “miniaturist”, however this allows her to paint vivid imagery, immersing the reader in her chosen scenario. Through descriptive detail, use of metaphor, simile, and many other excellently executed stylistic devices, the reader can almost feel the emotion being conveyed. Bishop clearly demonstrates her innate talent to communicate environments at ease.
