Poem
The Poem “I Am My Own Monster” by Scarlet, is the greatest poem out of all poems. It shows many ways of form, figurative language, and sound device’s throughout the entire poem. This is a excellent poem because the Author goes on about her own experiences and it gives off a great tone and mood for the reader.
A good reason this poem is the best, is because it shows excellent form throughout the entire poem. A good example of form in the poem would be how the author uses no periods, only when they are using ellipses. “love.....what does that feel like”(Scarlet 16).” This shows good form because it stands out in the poem. The author chose to do this, for that effect on the reader. Another fantastic show of form is when the author uses no capitalization in the entire poem except for ‘I’. “I know the darkness”(Scarlet 59)” and “the light is totally unknown to me”(Scarlet 60).” Another good reason why this poem shows outstanding form is because it has that same effect on the reader, it stands out, emphasizing just how much the speaker was scared of the light.
One of the many examples of sound device, is the way the author uses Consonance, “but what is this warmth I hear the light tease about”(Scarlet 22).” This helps the author make the words stand out, using the same consonant sound in the middle and end. The author states “it do not know how it feels to be warm”(Scarlet 23)”, this emphasises the sound of the words, and it makes the sentence stand out more than the others and helps the author show the reader just how much she doesn’t know what it feels like. Another good Sound Device the author uses is Rhyme, “and for that reason it scares me”(Scarlet 61)” and “really scares me”(Scarlet 62).” This also helps the reader, because of the rhyming repetition of the two lines, it shows the reader just how scared the speaker really is; just another reason why this poem is the
One example of analyzing the poem is how the lines stop in random places. This can also be called, enjambment. The poem is describing a fight. When fights happen, they are fast and quick and intense, the author tries to recreate the chaos and speed of the fight by using enjambment. The second example of analyzing the poem is that the stanzas are broken up into four lines. The only lines that are not broken up into four lines are the last ones, which are broken up into couplets. The third example of analyzing this poem, is that there are a lot of metaphors that bring out the intense and vehement emotion, such as, “A wall of fire sethes…”. This brings out all the emotions in the air, and what the angry parents feel like, even though the author doesn’t say that they were mad, you can guess how much anger and tension is in the
This line was very unexpected and this line makes the poem what it is. The poem transition from a love poem to a darker more painful story. The tone of the poem also shifts to a more eerie tone. Another thing about the third stanza is that at this moment in the poem, I can connect the poem to the Greek mythological story of Persephone and Hades. The allusion sets up the rest of the poem and gives the poem a lot more meaning.
Figurative Language in used throughout poems so the reader can develop a further understanding of the text. In “The Journey” the author uses rhythm and metaphors throughout the poem. “...as you left their voices behind, the stars began to burn through the sheets of the clouds..”(25-27). The author compares the star burning to finding your voice. Rhythm also develops the theme of the poem because throughout the story rhythm is presented as happy showing growing up and changing for the better is necessary and cheerful. In “The Laughing Heart” the author uses imagery and metaphors to develop the theme throughout the book. “There is a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness”(5-7). Always find the good out of everything, even it
The use of diction throughout the poem aids the author in displaying the idea that
Literary devices are a very necessary part of literature and poetry, as they are commonly used to help the reader understand the story, or provide them the puzzle pieces to solve the author’s story. Without literary devices, writing would be both boring and uninteresting, where it wouldn’t be written like art, but like something that is read out of a boring textbook.
The first literary device that can be found throughout the poem is couplet, which is when two lines in a stanza rhyme successfully. For instance, lines 1-2 state, “At midnight, in the month of June / I stand beneath the mystic moon.” This is evidence that couplet is being used as both June and moon rhyme, which can suggest that these details are important, thus leading the reader to become aware of the speaker’s thoughts and actions. Another example of this device can be found in lines 16-17, “All Beauty sleeps!—and lo! where lies / (Her casement open to the skies).” These lines not only successfully rhyme, but they also describe a woman who
The use of visual imagery in each poem immensely contributed to conveying the theme. In the poem “Reluctance”, Robert Frost used this poetic device to better illustrate the leaves of autumn:
For one thing, the poet, Longfellow, creates suspense and a foreboding mood in his poem by using sound devices such as alliteration, repetition, and end rhyme. The first example to remember, by using alliteration to describe what is going on, Longfellow spawns tension. To emphasize, in lines 53, 55, and 56, Paul Revere’s friend sees “a shadowy something,” that looks
Sound imagery is another writing technique put to use by Levertov in the poem. When reading the poem out loud, the reader notices the 'S'; sound. The misleading 'S'; or hissing sound could be interpreted, by some readers, to be the sound of a snake. It is instead the sound of money. When gambling, it is often necessary when betting on something to count money quickly. Paper money when rubbing together makes a hissing sound very much like the sound you get when reading the poem. The hissing could also be attributed to the sound of machines or people in a casino.
Provide one example of each sound device from any poem assigned in this course. Explain the effect the use of that device has on the author’s communication of the poem’s message. (24 points) Sound DeviceExampleEffectAlliterationPoem: The EagleQuote: “Lonely lands”Gives the reader impression that the eagle is alone in the world.AssonancePoem: Hope is a thing with feathersQuote: “yet, never ,in extremity”Hope is what is inside each of us even in our darkest times.ConsonancePoem: Much madness is divinest senseQuote: “Much sense -the starkest madness”When you think different from the majority people think you are not same but the poet thinks the opposite istrue.OnomatopoeiaPoem: Summer Quote: “Bugs Buzzing from Cousin to cousin”The poet uses the sense of sound to enhance the image of a summer. It helps the reader toimagine the long summer days of youth.4. Think about an important point you want to make to someone. Maybe youwant to tell someone you love them. Or, you need to ask your boss for time off. Perhaps you want to let your neighbors know to quit letting their dog useyour lawn for a restroom. Whatever the message,
One poetic device is descriptive language; it creates a fascinating story, and it is also uncircumscribed as the limit is how descriptive the author wants it to be. Since both Shakespeare and Poe use descriptive language, they both convey specific moods with their works. However, they both translate contrasting moods and messages, and they make the readers feel the essence of the story in different ways. “Ah,
Through the use of alliterations, assonances, and onomatopoeias, “The Bells” expresses a cheerful tone. As the poem progresses, the sounds change to suggest a progression of life. In stanza one, or the beginning of life, Poe’s alliterate words help the poem flow. Sequentially, the flow of the poem helps illustrate the delightfulness of the silver bells and their tinkling. Poe also includes the long i assonance to show the bells joyful ringing. The short e sound also contributes to the merry and delightful tone because it justifies the merry melody that the bells create. In conclusion, the onomatopoeia supports the musicality of the poem. Poe uses words such as tinkle jingling, and tintinnabulation to mimic the chiming of the bells. Ultimately, Edgar Allen Poe conveys a happy tone in “The Bells” through the use of alliterations, assonances, and onomatopoeias.
Technical devices are used throughout the poem to emphasize the overall meaning. Firstly, the use of repetition, such as “more lovely and more temperate” in line 2 and “every fair from fair” in line 7, stresses that the comparison of the lover to a summer’s day ...
should effect the readers emotions, and only great poetry could move the reader to the
...course, don’t use all of the aforementioned devices. Still, these literary tactics are consistently seen throughout short stories and poems. Some authors use all of the devices in one work while others don’t use any at all. Similar methods can also be used to accomplish different objectives. It is, however, important to distinguish both the short story and the poem from all other literary genres. These two genres are very similar in their ability to contain a complex, emotional, intelligent, deep, and sometimes shocking work of literature within the boundaries of length. The authors of both the short story and the poem use similar devices to manipulate the language into presenting a comprehensive work of art.