Category: Literary Devices

Explain How Whitman Develops an Extended Metaphor in His Poem: Analytical Essay Whilst at first glance this poem, Aboard at a ships Helm by Walt Whitman, is displaying the scene of a ship at sea, the closer one looks the more apparent it becomes that this is merely an overall metaphor for someone who is…

Pluto As A Metaphor In Edgar Allan Poes The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe one of the first writers of his time to have earned his living through the publication of his works is renowned for his short stories. His diverse catalogue includes his famous The Fall of the House of Usher, The Purloined Letters…

Analysis of Literary Devices Used in Roald Dahl’s Story The Landlady The Landlady is a very weird and unusual story. This short horror story is by author named Roald Dahl. The story is about a lady who owns a house that does bed and breakfast in the middle of nowhere. Billy Weaver aka Mr. Weaver…

Analysis of the Ways in Which Literary Devices Create Shades of Meaning Using the Example of Tim Winton’s Story ‘Cloudstreet’ Shades of meaning can refer to the subtleties and degrees of meaning that can be developed in a text. Australian novelist Tim Wintons story, Cloudstreet, does not simply explore love, family, spirituality or human value,…

Literary Analysis: ‘Lord of the Flies’ Metaphor Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a novel that tells a story about a group of English school boys who find themselves stranded on an island without any adult supervision. From the start, it is quite evident that there are some distinct personality differences between…

Sonnet 130 Tone: Critical Analysis Poetry Foundation presents William Shakespeares famous poem, Sonnet 130, titled My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun. According to Spacey, the poem talks of a mistress who does not conform to the conventional standards of beauty. Shakespeare compares the mistress with the beautiful things of life, but he finds…

Sonnet 130 Rhyme Scheme: Analysis Essay Romantic or platonic, lifelong or fleeting, love surrounds and shapes our meaningful relationships every day, teaching us lessons, presenting us with new experiences, and changing our lives forever. Good morning, I am Maddison Clark and today, as my role as literary expert, I will be analyzing how the theme…

Dramatic and Literary Techniques Used by Thornton Wilder in the Play Our Town The author Thornton Wilder uses dialogue in the play Our Town. There is a lot left to the imagination as the sets are simple and throughout the acts, the narrative provided by the Stage Manager sets the scene in what is known…

Literary Devices in William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ Macbeth, first performed in 1606, is an Elizabethan tragedy written by William Shakespeare. He details the anarchy that greed brings rise to, having Macbeth being driven by both himself and extrinsic figures to murder Scotlands king, ultimately leading to his own anguished death. Shakespeare utilizes a myriad of literary…

The Swimmer John Cheever Analysis The recent rise of suburbia in mainstream media has promoted the suburban lifestyle to be the most desirable and ideal way of life. However, when understood in depth, suburbia often hides a deceptive façade as a means to achieve a sense of social superiority. The short story, The Swimmer (Cheever,…