Ever wondered if you would get caught stealing? There is a poem named “The Highwayman” that talks about a guy who steals regularly. (A highwayman is someone who is on the road a lot and steals stuff.) Alfred Noyes wrote the poem about the highwayman. The poem is about the highwayman and a girl named Bess. They love each other but things did not turn out so good for them because he is a highwayman. They both end up dead. It is sad, but still a good poem. Anyway, this poem uses good poetic devices to make it interesting. The poetic devices also make it funner to read. I think it is a good poem that uses similes, metaphors, and other figures of speech to make it better.
The Highwayman uses a lot of metaphors. Metaphors compare things. Metaphors
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Similes are just like metaphors, but contain like or as. “Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say-”. He was compared to a dumb dog. That line is a simile. Another line is “Her face was like a light”. In that line they are comparing her face to a light. Similes do the same things as metaphors do. They let the reader have more options on their perspective, They also make the poem more interesting. And it makes the reader think more. It’s boring what you are not being challenged and similes challenge you. This all makes the story better because it’s not the same old format like other poems. You get something new and exciting when you add these poetic …show more content…
All these devices have a way of doing something to the poem that makes it unique. And everyone likes to have unique poems because it is something that you have not heard before. “The highwayman” is a good poem that contains poetic devices that make it better. The poem is also good because of the plot, but the poetic devices make it way better. Without those poetic devices the story would be dull and boring. So next time you read a poem, read one with a lot of poetic devices because it makes it much more interesting. Then, you can compare a poem with devices and without devices to see which one is
There are multiple examples of visual imagery in this poem. An example of a simile is “curled like a possum within the hollow trunk”. The effect this has is the way it creates an image for the reader to see how the man is sleeping. An example of personification is, “yet both belonged to the bush, and now are one”. The result this has is how it creates an emotion for the reader to feel
In the poem “To Whoever Set My Truck On Fire” by Steve Scafidi, it talks about how he got his car caught on fire. It is a free verse and it’s in one sentence. I really like the poem because it shows characterization, how he feels about his car being on fire and uses similes. For example, in the poem, the poet wrote “the innocent numbers of neighbors to memory and maybe/ you were miles away and I, like the woodsman of fairy tales, / threatened all with my bright ax shining with the evil” (30-32). The poet described his action similar to that woodsman of a fairy tale which is easier for the reader to understand his action. It shows that similes have to be compared universally so everyone can understand. This poem is a really funny read and I
The use of similes by Murakami allows the reader to compare what is happening in the story to an event associated with themselves. This helps them to see what it’s like to be overwhelmed with fear and have it take control
. . .¨ This quote is showing a simile because it´s explaining when the rescue team found him it was like when those movies always has a missing person they are looking for and once they find the missing person, everyone acts like nothing happened and the movie ends after they find them. These examples show simile because the quotes are comparing something to something else or it was similar to each other.
An example is, when Grummore makes reference to the heir the nurse tearfully said, “never had no hair. Anybody that studied the the loyal family knowed that.” This is funny because the nurse says hair instead of heir and loyal not royal.To support his purpose and tone, the author uses literary devices such as simile and personification. Simile uses like or as to compare unrelated items. When Kay was trying to convince Sir Ector to go to London, White uses the phrase “eyes like marbles” to describe Grummore’s eyes. He also uses simile during the scene where Merlin is giving up his position as tutor and is leaving the household. White describes Archimedes as “spinning like a top” when he disappears from Merlyn's shoulder. Also, in the scene where Wart pulled the sword from the stone, thousands
One example is when Walter Dean Myers wrote this simile, “The voice high and brittle like dry twigs being broken.” This simile helps to show the reader that the person coming up to Greg wasn’t big or strong, he is not intimidating. Another example of a simile in The Treasure of Lemon Brown is, “Father's words like the distant thunder in the streets of Harlem still rumbled in his ears.” This simile helps the reader understand Greg's father, the way his tone is described makes the reader believe Greg's dad is a big, strict parent. Furthermore this simile also helps the reader understand Greg's feelings, the “thunder still rumbling” helps the reader understand that Greg’s father's words are loud and repeating in his head. Another example of figurative language in The Story of Lemon Brown is when the author writes in personification, “Gusts of wind made bits of paper dance between the parked cars.” In this case the personification is used to help describe the setting. The fact that bits of paper were flying around the place probably means that Greg does not live in the nicest of neighborhoods. In the story The Treasure of Lemon Brown, the author uses figurative language to develop settings and characters.
In the poem, it says, “ Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun?”. Since they are comparing two dissimilar things using “like” or “as”, it is a simile. In “Harlem Night”, there is imagery. In the poem, it says, “Moon is shining./Night sky is blue./Stars are great drops/Of golden dew” (Hughes 7-10). There is nice, descriptive images.
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The author use personification in the poem because he sees but things will be easier to explain if he uses figurative language. The metaphor comparing to things without using like or as like when she said in the poem ´´ Big ghost in a cloud´ ´ She used metaphor to give a better example of what she sees and what she sees Is cloud shaped as different animals or anything but in the poem she pretty much-seen cloud shaped as the ghost.
In his poem Auto Wreck (p. 1002), Karl Shapiro uses carefully constructed similes to cause the events he relates to become very vivid and also to create the mood for the poem. To describe the aftermath, especially in people's emotions, of an automobile accident, he uses almost exclusively medical or physiological imagery. This keeps the reader focused and allows the similes used to closely relate to the subject of the poem. Three main similes used are arterial blood, tourniquets and cancer. These images all follow the same idea, and thus add more to the poem than other rhetorical figures might.
By using onomatopoeia, description, and dialogue each poet argues their subject or theme. Although each poet does not write about the same subject or theme they each use the literary device effectively to help support their poem. By using each literary device in different context the poets show the many different styles when writing poetry. Each poet uses the literary devices efficiently to help their overall message in each poem.
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Here, she compares the meaning of Malala and the meaning her grandfather gave to her
Alfred Noyes uses repetition and diction to create suspense in the poem “The Highwayman”. The author uses various examples of repetition and diction. In the story Noyes states, “And the highwayman came riding/Riding-riding-/ The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn door”. This conveys a feeling of fear using repetition. The reader does not know what is going to happen next. In part two, paragraph one, when the redcoat troops seize the landlord’s home, Noyes uses repetition again stating, “A red-coat troop came marching/ Marching-/marching-marching-/ King George’s men came marching, up to the old inn-door”. This conveys that the red-coat troops are attacking the landlord’s home. This leaves the reader wondering what the troop is going to
Decisions separate one’s life from another. Robert Frost proves this to be true in his poem “The Road Not Taken.” The metaphorical twist Frost uses in his words and sentence structure emphasizes the importance of different decisions and how those choices will impact the rest of one’s life.