Inversion: Also known as “anastrophe,” is a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed, in order to achieve a particular effect. Example- Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Repetition: Repetition is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times. ExaRead more
- Inversion: Also known as “anastrophe,” is a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed, in order to achieve a particular effect. Example- Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead
- Repetition: Repetition is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times. Example- She nor swooned, nor uttered a cry:
- Oxymoron: An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which a pair of opposite or contradictory terms is used together for emphasis. Example- Truest friend and noblest foe;
- Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two things by using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. Example- Like summer tempest came her tears –
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The widow is so paralyzed with fear that she goes into a state of complete shock. It is not uncommon for people to be paralyzed with fear and shock when thrust into situations way beyond their control. The poem showcases that the wife is not only heartbroken at her husband's passing but more terrifiRead more
The widow is so paralyzed with fear that she goes into a state of complete shock. It is not uncommon for people to be paralyzed with fear and shock when thrust into situations way beyond their control. The poem showcases that the wife is not only heartbroken at her husband’s passing but more terrified by the thought of raising her child alone as a widow. She was a wife but she was also a mother and as a result of this motherly love, she put her child’s concern and grief over hers.
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