Figurative Language And Similes In Fireflies, By Adam Young

His use of similes is very effective when he compares the dream to a raisin (a simile is prefaced by "like") "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" Another use of alliteration is found in that line with "does" and "dry" (Hughes).

For example, Bradbury writes “He would stride off, sending patterns of frosty air before him like the smoke of a cigar.” The simile used does a great job showing the reader the setting of this scene in the “The Pedestrian”. In this scene a man is walking down the sidewalk kicking up ash-like dust. When the reader sees the image of that man, the reader gets the sense of a content and tranquil situation.

Have you ever had any troubles sleeping at night? Some people might have an inability to sleep, a sleeping disorder called insomnia. But, for Adam Young, he had trouble sleeping at night, and yet, still have a very colorful vivid dreams. In “Fireflies”, by Owl City, Adam Young is trying to show his vivid dreams when he was young by using many figurative languages such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, and repetition.

Oftentimes authors will use symbolism through the characters in order to represent a larger encompassing theme. William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies is no exception to this pattern—as various characters in the book have such allegorical meanings. In the case of Jack, he could be said to represent the evilness in humanity, proven by three established concepts in the story: the true nature of his hunting tendencies, the progression of events that happen in his dancing rituals, and his interactions towards other symbolic figures. These three reasons, furthered by evidence shown throughout the novel, fit Jack into a role of symbolic evilness (add something here).

In his poem, Flames and Dangling Wire, the first line immediately sets the scene allowing us to have a sense of where we are. The use of a simile in “The smoke of different fires in a row, like fingers spread and dragged to smudge” implies the filthiness of the tip and the smoke rising from the fires. This also causes the air to

The iceberg metaphor is metaphor relating to what you see about something (top of the iceberg) and whats you don't (under the surface). In While The Locust Slept by Peter Razor, people see that Peter is Indian, hurt, shy, weak, and scared. But what they don't see is that Peter is smart, brave, strong, abused, and his amazingly strong will power. People don't see all of these things about Peter because he is shy and too scared to let people know. Peter shows these qualities in many way throughout While The Locust Slept... One example of when Peter showed that he was strong is on page 77 when Peter says " I wadded through his guard and gave him two very hard blows to the head." This doesn't only show how Peter is physically strong but also mentally for he stood up for

The Dream Songs, as will be discussed, reveal a dark past, a tortured identity, and alcoholic tendencies that suppress the poet both spiritually and emotionally.

William Blake uses the lamb and the tiger, two animals on opposite ends of the animal kingdom, as metaphors for human society; the lamb representing weakness and innocence, and the tiger representing power and sinfulness. But, isn’t it healthy for a human to be just a little bit inhumane? Possessing both lamblike and tigerlike behaviors in a well balance would form the ideal human.

The use of poetic devices such as metaphor and personification are a distinctive feature of "sleep".

It is human nature to try to stay young and to keep one’s innocence and dreams. In the song, “Fireflies” by, the band, Owl City, the lyrics utilizes fireflies and dreams to express the desire to stay young. In this soothing song, the composer, Adam Young sings the song in a form of a dream in which he is a young innocent child surrounded by fireflies. The song speaks of how quickly the innocence of youth escapes and how quickly times passes by. During the song, Young speaks of his wish to remain in his dream where his youthful innocence still exists.

Firstly, this song uses many forms of imagery, which helps to paint a picture in the reader’s minds by giving a very descriptive and elaborate meaning to each line of the song. “Dry lightning cracks across the skies” (line 1) is a great example of imagery in the first stanza; it gives you a very bold image in your mind by using very descriptive words and because they are

There are also similes, metaphors, and repetition in the poem “Dreamland”. “Through sleep, as through a veil/ She sees the sky look pale” (13-14). In this stanza there is a simile word” sleep”, which represented a veil that covers the eyes but still can see

“Where I?” is a sonnet written by Robinson Jeffers between 1924 and 1940. It’s theme is centered around mortality and how a dying woman is revitalized to accept the fact she is dying. In the sonnet, Jeffers uses similes and metaphors to express how the woman is feeling at the beginning of her death march through her final last breath. In “Where I?”, the speaker learns how an individual may view their own death, how their body will look in their final resting place, and how their attitude towards death can revitalize them personally.

The songs poetic devices are I think I’m losing my mind which is an hyperbole because it is an exaggeration of something it could also be a metaphor since it’s comparing two unlike things without using like or as.

Edgar Allan Poe uses many literary devices in his poem “A Dream”, and uses them to increase the quality of his poem and make it be more lively. Poe applies the literary device of imagery by using the terms day and night, since light and dark bring a