Emily Dickinson's 'As Imperceptibly As Grief'

“Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.” http://literarydevices.net/consonance/ “A Quietness distilled
As Twilight long begun,
Or Nature spending with herself
Sequestered Afternoon–“ “As Imperceptibly as Grief”

Emily Dickinson The poem is trying to get you to feel the how quiet and peaceful an afternoon is. Billy buys booze from Bick.
“An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions (phrases or clauses) that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea.” http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/cumulativesentencegloss.htm “I write this at a wide desk in a pine shed as I always do these recent years, in this life I pray will last, while the summer sun closes the sky to Orion and to all the other winter stars over my roof.” “An American Childhood”

Annie Dillard In this excerpt we are learning about the routine of the character, and what they hope will happen.

The man slept as his desk, as he had come home to his house being up in flames, and his wife gone.
“A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words.” http://grammar.about.com/od/d/g/diacopeterm.htm “I hate to be poor, and we are degradingly poor, offensively poor, miserably poor, beastly poor.” “Our Mutual Friend”
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Charles Dickens Bella Wilfer is stating how much she dislikes being poor, and her point is coming across with the repetition. Mom! My bike is broken! Broken I tell you! My bike is broken!
“Didacticism is a term that refers to a particular philosophy in art and literature that emphasizes the idea that different forms of art and literature ought to convey information and instructions along with pleasure and entertainment.”
http://literarydevices.net/didacticism/ “All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others.” “Animal Farm”

George Orwell The animals in Animal Farm depict different social classes in Russia, after the revolution. The snake and the scorpion fought over the water, they did not share, or talk about peace… they fought.
“A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at regular intervals: a refrain.” http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/epanalepsisterm.htm “Say over again, and yet once over again,
That thou dost love me . . ..” “Sonnets from the Portuguese”

Elizabeth Browning The repetition of the word over portrays how important that this statement is. My ball is on its way from China, but it’s okay. It’s okay.
“Epiphora, also known as epistrophe, is a stylistic device in which a word or a phrase is repeated at the end of successive clauses.” http://literarydevices.net/epiphora/ “Hourly joys be still upon you! Juno sings her blessings on you. . . . Scarcity and want shall shun you, Ceres’ blessing so is on you.” “The Tempest”

William Shakespeare With ending each sentence with you, Shakespeare makes the word you to appear important. On Friday, wait for me by the statue. If it is raining, wait for me by the statue. If it is sunny, wait for me by the statue.