Rhetorical question: In order to pique the reader's interest and convey the extent of their emotional suffering, the speaker uses rhetorical questions. "How long will you delight in my sad pain?" is one of those questions. The questions "Shall I still love, and ever feel disdain?" make her feel helpRead more
Rhetorical question: In order to pique the reader’s interest and convey the extent of their emotional suffering, the speaker uses rhetorical questions. “How long will you delight in my sad pain?” is one of those questions. The questions “Shall I still love, and ever feel disdain?” make her feel helpless and yearn for solutions.
Metaphor: The speaker’s understanding of fate as an active force that can either cause harm or provide comfort is conveyed by the metaphor of “cruel fortunes”, finding release and rectifying problems.
Personification: The extract is filled with personifications of love. The speaker talks about love as though it may make people happy, show them favour, or make them feel contemptuous. This personification gives the impersonal idea of love a more human touch.
Imagery: The poem’s emotional impact is increased by the use of strong imagery. Words like “feed not my heart with sharp distress” effectively convey the speaker’s emotional experience through imagery.
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Alliteration: Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase. The poet has used this poetic device in the following lines. “hearts of heroes” “skipper saw” “head with whip-stocks” “breast-bone broken” “Distant and dead” “criesRead more
Alliteration:
Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
The poet has used this poetic device in the following lines.
“hearts of heroes”
“skipper saw”
“head with whip-stocks”
“breast-bone broken”
“Distant and dead”
“cries, curses”
“rent roof”
Anaphora:
Anaphora is a literary device that uses the repetition of short phrases or single words at the beginning of clauses or sentences to enhance rhythm.
The poet has used this poetic device in the following lines.
How the skipper saw the…..
How he knuckled tight and…
How he follow’d with them…
How he saved the drifting…
How the lank loose-gown’d women….
How the silent old-faced infants….
The disdain and calmness of martyrs….
The mother of old, condemn’d for a witch…
The hounded slave that flags in the race….
The twinges that sting like needles….
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Lines 19-20 (begins with “I”)
Lines 37-38 beginns with “I”)
Lines 39-41 (begins with “Again”)
Lines 43-44 (begins with “The”)
Lines 46-47 begins with “The”)
Metaphor:
Metaphor is a literary device where two unrelated objects are compared to each other.
The poet has used this poetic device in the following lines.
“All this I swallow, it tastes good, I like it well”.
Here the poet compares the human experiences to something that is edible.
“Agonies are one of my changes of garments,”
Here, the poet compares agony, (a human emotion) to a garment that he wears and puts on another often.
“I am the clock myself.”
Here, the speaker is comparing himself to a clock.
Personification:
Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects are given human qualities.
The poet has used this poetic device in the following lines.
Death chasing it up and down the storm.
Here, “Death” is personified. So, the poet has capitalised the letter “D” to show this to the readers. Death is personified by saying that it is chasing the ship like a wild creature.
Onomatopoeia:
Onomatopoeia is a literary device that uses the letter sounds of a word to imitate the natural sound emitted from an object or action.
The poet has used this poetic device in the following lines.
“The whizz of limbs, heads, stone, wood, iron, high in the air”
I Understand the Large Hearts of Herors Summary
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