Voice is a main force that drives along a piece of literature as it adapts to new paths and takes on new meanings based on the speaker, addressee, context, and many other factors. In “If You Want to Sing” from Islamic Mystical Poetry and Psalm 6, through similar basic structures, both writings deploy voice in order to describe suffering and assurance of each respective speaker’s position. However, through this fundamental parallel, the differences in the particularities of the voices employed are further highlighted. The similarity in the general voice and structure accentuates the specific differences in emotionality and clarity that ultimately assist in exhibiting the changing voices of the writings. Though at first they seem superficially …show more content…
In both texts, the change in voice from declarative to assured takes place when the addressee changes to the enemies. Specifically in Psalm 6, the addressee moves from God to the enemies, as the speaker directly refers to God through the repetition of “O Lord” and his enemies by calling them “workers of evil”. This clarity in the addressee is not as evident in the Islamic mystical poetry. Because of the lack of details, readers can only cautiously infer the shifts in voice in respect to the addressee. Particularly, in the first stanza, from the beginning words, “O brave of the tribe,” the addressee can be interpreted as the direct audience of the speaker. However, moving into the second stanza, the addressee becomes less clear as the point of view changes from second person to third person. It is unclear whether this is still being proclaimed to the previous addressee in the first stanza or something new. Regardless, the voice in the first two stanzas seem to be a guiding voice that is announcing their steady position as a just figure. In the third stanza, the viewpoint switches back to the second person, with the “they”in the second stanza now being used as “you”. The speaker is now directly referring to the enemies, changing to the assured voice. Psalm 6, also follows a similar pattern of switching the point of view for the enemies, but in reverse. The enemies referred to as “you” before are now seen as “they” as the speaker announces his triumph in the third person. Though in different ways, both texts changed their point of views in order to effectively switch
St. Albans Psalter Psalm 68 is not long, but it does have lots of detailed material to study the author’s choice of language, and the power of the images that are being conveyed to the readers through an emotional and sentimental way. The simplicity of this psalm’s gives it power, since it expresses an emotional despair in a careful shaped prayer, which comes from a human being in what seems to be a life-threatening situation. In the image and the content, the psalmist’s travels an arc of desperation to salvation, in a vivid personal plea to Christ to save him from what seems to be a swirling vortex of hopelessness that threatens to pull him under forever.
The literary device, author’s voice, affects the meaning of a text in almost everything you read. This is especially true for the classic book Night as well as the short story “ A Spring Morning”. Some of the examples of when text is affected by the author’s voice include: when the author is foreshadowing, when the author is writing about someone is being told to obey what another person is saying, and when the author is writing about a loved one dying.
Poetry is literature in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive form, style, and imagery. The meaning of a poem can be intensified by deliberate use of the different elements of poetry. In this paper, I will use three poems we have discussed in class to explore how the villanelle form, personnification, and ekphrasis each contribue to deepen the meaning of their respective poems. One poetic structure that exhibits how form contributes to meaning is the villanelle.
Rachel Anderson Date: 2/15/18 Analyzing Figurative Language For this essay I will be analyzing the poem “A Voice” by Pat Mora. The theme of this poem is that you must speak up for what you believe is right, despite your fear, and despite how long it has taken you to do so. Pat Mora used similes and metaphors to convey the tone of the poem, which is that of pride in her mother.
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Psalm 89 of the Book of Psalms, advocates the message of consequentialism, foreground by man’s relationship with God, with direct lin...
The lyric poems in the ancient times are presented in the first person point of view. Since lyric poetry expresses the personal and emotional feelings of a speaker, Sappho’s poems, Abu Nawar’s verses, Egyptian poems, and Neo-Christian Aztec poems explore the emotions of the speakers as they describe their culture, lifestyle, and tradition. These verses depict the passion, love, and perspectives of the ancient civilizations
Love is one of the main sources that move the world, and poetry is not an exception, this shows completely the feelings of someone. In “Litany” written by Billy Collins, “Love Poem” by John Frederick Nims, “Song” by John Donne, “Love” by Matthew Dickman and “Last Night” by Sharon Olds navigate around the same theme. Nevertheless, they differ in formats and figurative language that would be compared. For this reason, the rhetoric figures used in the poems will conduct us to understand the insights thought of the authors and the arguments they want to support.
Today’s culture is one where people like to do as little work as possible. Even when it comes to reading our own scripture, The Holy Words of God, a lot of people like to look up one verse and reference it to something without knowing what the rest of the passage says. Psalms 109 is no exception, it is one the more widely misused passages as of late. A popular verse from Psalms 109 is verse 8 which reads “Let his days be few; and let another take his office”, this is seen in reference to our current president, but what people fail to realize is what else David is actually praying. This paper is going to go through Psalms 109 and unpack it verse by verse to show the true meaning of what David was praying and to give us a new look at how to pray.
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These tenors represent the full spectrum of emotions and strength in life. It is as if he is discussing god and the life you have been given. It is gentle enough that you often feel strong and powerful but also strong enough to humble you.
The third stanza is a second and different refrain. This refrain occurs in every other stanza. It acts as a divider between the stanzas dealing with a specific character. In the fourth stanza, Father McKenzie is introduced to the reader. He is described as a materialistic man whose life has no meaning.
In conclusion we see that with the use of the characteristics of voice the author’s Hempel and Xaba were able to get their message across. And the deeper meaning in the short stories was understood. This shows that if one does not give up writing and practices these techniques they will eventually be successful in achieving their desired outcome the way these authors have.
person is in, there is a psalm to match it. For example, Psalm 19 is