Did you ever notice that every good poet uses figurative language? While often they use this type of speech to enhance the imagery within their poems, many times they use it in different ways. These similarities and differences of figurative language that appear within these two poems can be hard to spot. However, here are some examples I have found after I compared and contrasted the use of figurative language in “I Beg of You, Chung Tzu” and “Thick Grow the Rush Leaves.” To begin with, both poems are similar because they both use imagery to show their love towards their beloved. Imagery is words or phrases that appeal to the senses and emotions. In “Thick Grow The Rush Leaves,” the speaker says, “close grow the rush leaves, their white dew not yet dry.” This provides an image of still dewy leaves that symbolize how her love is not yet dead but instead still alive and thriving. “I Beg of You, Chung Tzu” also uses imagery. The speaker mentions how she loves Chung Tzu dearly, but familial approval scares her so she tells Chung Tzu not to break anything they planted. …show more content…
On the other hand, one difference in the use of figurative language is tone.
A tone is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. A tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. The tone in “I Beg of You, Chung Tzu” is a conflicting, indecisive tone. “Do not break the willows we have planted. Not that I mind about the willows... Chung Tzu I dearly love; but of what my father and mother say indeed I am afraid,” says the speaker. This shows that she’s conflicted over introducing her beloved to her family for fear of disapproval. In “Thick Grow The Rush Leaves,” the speaker's tone is romantically yearning and celebratory. She is not afraid to show her feelings for her beloved, and, in the end, she ends up with her
beloved. In addition to the tone being different, one poem uses incremental variation, and the other uses refrain. In “I beg of You, Chung Tzu,” refrains can be seen throughout the whole poem. Refrains are words or phrases repeated at regular intervals. In “I Beg of You, Chung Tzu,” this can be seen when the speaker keeps saying “Chung Tzu I dearly love,” “Indeed I am afraid,” and “I beg of you, Chung Tzu” repeatedly in each new stanza. However, in “Thick Grow the Rush Leaves,” incremental variation is used. Incremental variation is if one or two words within a refrain are varied in successive stanzas. An example of this is when the speaker says, “Thick grow [close grow, very fresh are] the rush leaves.” In conclusion, the use of figurative language in “I Beg of You, Chung Tzu” and “Thick Grow The Rush Leaves” has some similarities and differences. All in all, though both poems use different, and some of the same, ways to use figurative language in their writing, the end result for the two was a beautiful poem that leaves a lasting impression.
Many poets use different types of figurative language to express themselves and convey a message, theme, or idea. In the poem The Day Brushes Its Curtains Aside, by Jimmy Santiago Baca, he describes a man in prison by using figurative language. Reading this poem has helped me grasp a deeper understanding of different ways an author can incorporate figurative language to make the reader feel as if they are in the story right next to the character.
The imagery used in the two poems is very similar at times. Both authors describe to the readers a picturesque view of nature, like plants blooming in the springs. Proof of this is found in “Lone Bather'; : “ is plant with lilies bursting from its heels.'; Similarly, in “The Swimmer'; the first
Both authors use figurative language to help develop sensory details. In the poem It states, “And I sunned it with my smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles.” As the author explains how the character is feeling, the reader can create a specific image in there head based on the details that is given throughout the poem. Specifically this piece of evidence shows the narrator growing more angry and having more rage. In the short story ” it states, “We are below the river's bed. The drops of moisture trickle among bones.” From this piece of text evidence the reader can sense the cold dark emotion that is trying to be formed. Also this excerpt shows the conflict that is about to become and the revenge that is about to take place. By the story and the poem using sensory details, they both share many comparisons.
Have you ever marveled at the powerful stories a poem can tell with just words? I will be analyzing the similarities and differences in figurative language and the elements of Chinese poetry in the Chinese poems “I Beg of You, Chung Tzu” and “Thick Grow the Rush Leaves.”
In the story the author does include figurative language like metaphors, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, allusion, and simile.
the mood of the story. Tone is the implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work. Mood, on the
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
Many authors incorporate figurative language in their writing to get their meaning across to the audience. There are many ways to use figurative language, some authors use it to scare their audience or some times is to make them feel happy sad or have sympathy to a cause.
The authors of both of these short stories use tone to provide a better understanding of what they wanted us, as readers, to feel while reading. Since Robert’s described the theory of tone as referring to the attitudes or feelings
In conclusion, the changes in the actions and attitudes of the governess cause the tone to shift throughout the novel. The tone begins with being cheerful, changing to hostile and ending with sorrow. This concludes, that the literary device tone, effectively portrays the mood of the story through the governess to the reader. Tone is perhaps the best literary device’s author’s use, to connect the mood of the story to one’s heart. That in turn makes a reader feel closer to the characters in a story.
There are several different tones used throughout this short story such as having a peaceful tone at the beginning when describing the day. Then, as the story progresses it shifts to a sort of foreboding tone when villagers start acting a bit strange and vague. Lastly, the tone switches to a extremely gruesome tone at the end after they beat the villagers with stones.
When considering the structure of the poems, they are similar in that they are both written loosely in iambic pentameter. Also, they both have a notable structured rhyme scheme.
The two poems in question start off strikingly similar, both painting a picture of an old man withered into poverty. Both poems also begin with a narration style account of the characters. This however changes when The Beggar's Petition, in stanza two, shifts into a first person account, effectively showing you the pain that this seemingly non-existent man endures. The beggar begins by stating.
Tone helps set the attitude of a poem that a poet is trying to portray on a specific subject (Kriszner et al. 245). The tone of this poem is celebratory, proud, and confident. One is able to deduce this by paying close attention to the title. Paying attention to the title gives one a hint what this poem may bring and what kind of tone is
A tone for my nonfiction resource is confusion. When the iceberg hit the Titanic the only warning to the passengers was a shudder. Soon officials came to reassure everyone. They did not tell the people what had happened, leaving them helpless and confused. Another tone is a scary tone. Some people were scared so badly they were shaking. However most people were happy