Diction, Imagery, and, Figurative Language in Nighttime Fires by Regina Barecca

The poems "Nighttime Fires" and "Seniors" both deal with memories of their authors' experiences as youth. In "Nighttime Fires", Regina Barreca talks about how after her father lost his job, he developed an unhealthy obsession with watching houses burn, and she discusses how he involved his family in this somewhat insalubrious fixation. Similarly, in "Seniors", Alberto Rios discusses several events that had an impact on him and the word choices he uses relays that he still While Barreca implies in her poem that she learned from what her father did and moved on, Rios suggests that he is still allowing the events of his childhood to impact him today and in some sense, this could be compared to the father in "Nighttime Fires" who would not let

The tone of the poem changes as the poem progresses. The poem begins with energetic language like “full of heroic tales” and “by a mere swing to his shoulder”. The composer also uses hyperboles like “My father began as a god” and “lifted me to heaven”. The use of this positive language indicates to the responder that the composer is longing for those days – he is nostalgic. It also highlights the perspective of a typical child. The language used in the middle of the poem is highly critical of his father: “A foolish small old man”. This highlights the perspective of a typical teenager and signifies that they have generally conflicting views. The language used in the last section of the poem is more loving and emotional than the rest: “...revealing virtues such as honesty, generosity, integrity”. This draws attention to a mature adult’s perspective.

The author agrees with the idea of women as victims through the characterisation of women in the short story. The women are portrayed as helpless to the torment inflicted upon them by the boy in the story. This positions readers to feel sympathy for the women but also think of the world outside the text in which women are also seen as inferior to men. “Each season provided him new ways of frightening the little girls who sat in front of him or behind him”. This statement shows that the boy’s primary target were the girls who sat next to him. This supports the tradition idea of women as the victims and compels readers to see that the women in the text are treated more or less the same as the women in the outside world. Characterisation has been used by the author to reinforce the traditional idea of women as the helpless victims.

The short story,”Barn Burning”written by William Faulkner is about a 10 year old boy named Sarty, who gets called to the stand of the court; his father, Abner Snopes, is accused of burning a barn down. Sarty knows that his father is guilty of arson and wants justice to be served, but, his father wants him to stay loyal to his family and blood. The conflict of morals vs. family goes on for the entire story,Sarty’s moral beliefs are embedded in justice and peace, while his father wants him to protect his family no matter the circumstances. Literary devices used in the story are symbolism and diction, the symbols of blood and fire being, family and a chain.and being told from the perspective of a timid ten year old boy. One of the major themes present throughout the story is courage, wanting to tell on his father for arson but, being shot down by his intimidating father. William Faulkner illustrates the theme of courage through the use of symbolism and diction

Nobody knows what caused the Triangle Fire, and maybe no one ever will. Although, there is a writer that described the events so thoroughly that the images make it seem like we were there. This writer’s name is Albert Marrin. The way he is making these images so vivid is something that many amazing writers use. It is called figurative language. He uses many forms of figurative language in his describing of the Triangle Fire. The main reason he uses them was to make the writing more impactful. In other words, instead of using everyday words, he uses metaphors that allows us to comprehend the text, and it also allows us to relate to it. That is why the use of these creating writing elements makes this non-fiction text so impactful. When the

Throughout history, there have been instances where racial discrimination has caused tremendous pain and suffering amongst those considered to be inferior. When thinking of racial discrimination throughout history, two events come to mind. One being the holocaust occurring during WWII, and the other being slavery in America during the 1700’s. These periods of time have sadly gone unmentioned in this day and age, only being discussed in classrooms, to the dismay of the students. Even in the classroom, a good portion of the information given is not from the perspective of the oppressed, and if it is, it’s heavily deluded. This is because topics of great suffering are considered “taboo” or “unspeakable.” These

Therefore the story within the poem is the narrator reflecting on a time when he or she passed a fire truck as it raced to some emergency in the city while it is raining. The poem begins in silence, then the fire truck's sirens are howling and at the it is now quiet since the fire truck has now been passed or passed

The content of the poem is real and easily defined, because there are no types of figurative language that are used to allude to something else, such as metaphors, or allegories. This also demonstrates the speaker’s insufficient schooling because they are right to the point and do not talk in circles or allude to something. They say what they are trying to say and that is all. The denotation, diction, and language used in this poem all help display the lack of schooling and the unacademic way of thinking and speaking that the speaker uses, which adds to the theme by showing the speaker’s challenges

In “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost, the poet writes about a man and his disconnection to society and his suffering of depression. Frost uses symbolism, Anaphora, imagery, personification and alliterations to convey his feelings of depression. In this poem written in terza rima rhyme scheme, Frost uses figurative language to paint a vivid picture of loneliness and despair. Even within the title itself, Frost makes it clear and simple to what the poem will be about. The word “Acquainted” means to be “familiar with” and the word “night” is often use to symbolize darkness.

In the next lines some alliteration is utilized. When the speaker says, “From labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze” (Hayden 4-5). The alliteration here appears with “weekday weather” and “banked” and “blaze”; this alliteration reminds readers of the rough, unfortunate condition of the father because in the story. The use of these devices in the first stanza develop the theme of the poem in the beginning and enables the reader to have a feel for what the rest of the poem will be

There is a burning image that runs through my head; the image of the fire woman. Joan, the fire woman, was an older lady, probably about sixty years old. I can tell because she had wrinkles that began to possess her slim, dark-skinned body. Her hair was an unnatural shade of strawberry blonde, in a style much like Dora’s, straight and cut short so that it barely reached her freckled shoulders and bent, slightly inward toward the base of her chiseled jawline. Her bangs glided, gently in a straight line across her hidden forehead, a bit above her narrow, perfectly arched, drawn on eyebrows. Winsome for her age. Her common summer attire consisted of pastel colored shorts matched with a fashionable t-shirt, in some shade of pink, or a black, spaghetti-strapped top. She was an affectionate and thoughtful woman towards everyone; including the children from the daycare across the street. Every day, Joan carried out a sapphire blue, circular tray with white polka dots that held some sort of cold treat such as lemonade or popsicles and handed them out to the excited children from the daycare on the hot summer days of July and August as if she were a waitress. Joan had never admired scorching hot weather, so she always made sure that everyone could stay cooled off. That was until the day that the burning image was stationed,

Sometimes an impact can be made in a short amount of space. Like poetry, Fire Color One uses its small size to pack each page full of imagery and deeper meaning. It might be a short, quick read - but it leaves a lasting impact. Fire Color One stays with you, lingering like the crisp aftertaste of a ripe apple or the scent of turpentine after painting a masterpiece. This book is art celebrating other art. It's fresh, beautiful, and full of meaning. Fire Color Once is a magically brief glimpse into something more than normal.

Loss of Innocence At the first glance at the poem, The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake, it seems to be about the mistreatment of children, owever, after more in depth reading it proves to show much more than that. Blake’s poem is about loss of innocence, death, exploitation, and oppression for unwanted children (Heath, S, 2011). By cleverly describing the deplorable livings conditions, the horrible treatment, the dreams of a better life with a father who loves them and the fear of an inevitable death, Blake masterfully allows the reader to see through the sad eyes of a chimney sweep child.

I find this poem to be somewhat negative. In the way that the only memories of the father being drunk and abusing the family. So what happens in this passage is somewhat of a tragedy because having a family member that is intoxicated and has anger issues while being intoxicated is not a good mix. So the images that are portrayed are images of being hurt and images of his mother being hurt. How do we know that the father is drunk? By the lines “The whiskey on your breath” which makes it pretty obvious that the father is under the influence of alcohol.

The theme of nature is explored through personification and symbolism, also the decaying element of nature within the poem is illustrated through language of bereavement. Firstly, in the beginning stanza, the personification through the capitalization of ‘Frost’ and