In The Shadow Of Signal Hill

The author uses tone and images throughout to compare and contrast the concepts of “black wealth” and a “hard life”. The author combines the use of images with blunt word combinations to make her point; for example, “you always remember things like living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet”. This image evokes the warmth of remembering a special community with the negative, have to use outdoor facilities. Another example of this combination of tone and imagery is “how good the water felt when you got your bath from one of those big tubs that folk in Chicago barbecue in”. Again the author’s positive memory is of feeling fresh after her bath combined with a negative, the fact that it was a barbecue drum.

The text highlights the changing attitudes through society, shown towards the Aboriginal culture, after life threatening events, bringing these men closer than ever before, “Back in France, back in the mud. Blokes like you shook my hand. We dragged blokes like you through the shit and blood. We saw each other when we were like babies. Like animals.” (wright 71). This text also, I believe, has an inner meaning of morals and mateship as evident in the closing stages of the play, where the stereotypical white soldiers are starting to get along with the archetypal black soldiers, who we follow through the play. Following their ever-changing story for a better future of equality and understanding. This all has an origin, which starts at the very beginning of the play, showing mateship between the Aboriginal men. As the play moves on the bold line separating the two different cultures, ever so slightly becomes fainter until it is just a blur. The inner meaning for this text, I see it as recognition towards difference and what is mismatched between the two cultures and how, this divergence from the normal, is why the black culture, represented as archetypal characters, we follow them through the play as they try to become just another face in the crowd, no different from the white man standing next to

The structure of this poem is 3 stanzas with all the lines in the poem except Lines 9 and 15 in iambic tetrameter. In this metric pattern, a line has four pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables, for a total eight syllables. The internal structure of the poem is the narrator talking about the mask the African American people wear and the oppression that hurts them. Then the second stanza is sarcastic and negative towards the idea that it will ever change. Then the last stanza shows that they cling to Christ and the journey will be long.

Alliteration and metaphors are two major elements of this poem. The repetition of consonant sounds and alliteration occurs throughout the poem. All of the lines strongly use the repetition of consonants and alliteration except for lines two and seven. In addition to that, the controlling figure of speech in this poem is a metaphor. It is strongly articulated in the first line, and as the one continues to read, it is amplified and extended throughout the rest of the poem. The metaphor compares mask of Line 1 to the fabricated emotive facades that African-Americans had made use of in order to avert provoking their oppressors.

Repetition means the purposeful re-use of words and phrases for giving an effect This technique is commonly used throughout this poem, examples of this are; “All day, day after day”, “They’re high, now, high and higher”. By repeating the above words at various points throughout the poem it tends to create an atmosphere of normality. This is used in the poem to emphasize its significance in the entire text it’s not just distinguished as a figure of speech but more as a rhetorical

Poems are built with tradition, but in his case, the speaker wants to end tradition just as he wants to end racism. In line two and three, they both end with the same word which is called symploce. Symploce is a combination of anaphora and epistrophe which implies that these two lines are an important point of the figure of speech. The poem was written by stating a cause and effect. The line beginng with by is the cause and I being the effect. Its an explination of how he will fight social injustice. It also helps readers to use and understand the most effective way to fight social

finding she was of but little value, her frame already racked with the pains of old age, and

All society hears is the history of slavery and the pain that began with racism, rape and mistreatment of African-Americans. Lines 29 through 43 describe that with African-American history there is hope for success:

The slaves are endure great misery throughout the ocean journey. They cannot use the bathroom, stand up, or even walk. Once in awhile, they are brought onto the ship’s deck, and their traditional music is used against them to make them dance and exercise. It is absolute torture for them to move and stand after being

The reflection of each poet's childhood is displayed within these lines helping to build a tone for the memories of each narrator.

“They [the slaves] are all well treated, and we love them and take good care of them just like a part of our family...” (pg. 82, para. 1).

In lines 33-56, Douglass’ tone shifts from the hopeful and optimistic sense of potential, to showing the overwhelming negativity slavery can have on someone. Douglass displays this by

If you want to understand poetry, you must understand its basic elements. In this lesson, you will encounter the basic elements of poetry that are very necessary in analyzing the poems you read and hear – and to “feeling life” in them.

The third stanza is referring to the fathers, husbands, brothers who were upset with George Villiers actions against the women he would force himself on, they wanted to either fight him or wanted him to get punished. Of course since George Villiers had immunity this never happened and he wound up running away instead of taking responsibility for his

This extract is an autobiography by Nelson Mandela talking about the transition from a small undemanding child to a contributing factor in society. The writer engages our sympathy by effective use of vocabulary, various linguistic techniques and through his nostalgic tone. In the title, ‘Long Walk to Freedom,’ the long, drawn out vowels like ‘ee’ and ‘o’ reflects the struggles and difficulties in this exhausting walk. Even the word ‘walk’ co notates to the, strive for the attainment of freedom and rights of all individuals.