The Red Wheelbarrow Rhetorical Devices

Foulcher employs various language methodologies in Summer Rain to divulge the theme’s raised in this poem in a increasingly perceptible and sufficient manner that prompts the audience to be immersed in concentration and consider the principles behind these themes.

Nature is first described in a peaceful and confident mood as something majestic, with the sun as the powerful being which controls this nature. However, by the end of the first stanza, “The hawk comes”. This phrase is said as if the narrator is afraid of the hawk and its presence is going to change the mood of the rest of the poem. The next stanza suddenly uses sharp diction, such as “scythes”, “honed”, and “steel-edge”, to illustrate the hawk’s stunning motions and the powerful aura of the hawk that is felt just from its existence, causing the mood of the poem to slowly transition to fearful, yet respectable. The narrator adores this change the hawk is causing on nature, and describes the scene with the hawk in awe, showing how the poet finds the changing of nature attractive.

Another technique this poem takes use of is alliteration. The alliteration used helps to express the themes importance through repletion of sound devices. A specific example of alliteration

Throughout the poem the tone and harmony is showing many different moods including shyness, anger and calmness. An example of shyness is at the start of the poem “softy, silently it swishes”, an example of anger is in the middle of the poem “it thumps, it sprays it rips at shores, its ozone spray”, and finally at the end of the poem calmness is shown, “it spends its strength, it sings, it sighs. The wave recedes”. One aspect of the poem I find intriguing is the alliteration and personification. For example, “it sighs, it sings, it seeks”.

From the beginning of William Carlos Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” the reader is captured by the statement “so much depends” (Williams line 1). As this short work continues the reader is seeing a graceful image that Williams creates. The mind’s eye can envision a painting that is tranquil, yet has the quiet activity of a rural farm home. With this in mind, what exactly is the author sharing with the reader? The poem communicates charmingly the dependence a man has for a vital piece of equipment.

The poem Life cycle talks about Australian children growing up in a family obsessed with AFL. Being brought up in a family of football supporters encourages and Enforces the passion for football. That from the moment the child is born and throughout their life, until death these people love football because of their upbringing. It talks about how these families influence their children so much that football almost becomes a religion, where the football grounds are equivalent to a church. Through-out the poem life-cycle, Bruce Dawe emphasises and exaggerates that we are who we are based on what we’ve be taught, and our way of life, personality, personal interests and hobbies.

Has it ever occurred to you that this generation tries to search for the next best thing? Is it like a business man try to look for the next best thing that everyone is buying? I mean if other people do it and there perfectly fine doing it we assume that we could do it and we think we will be just fine as well. Take those examples and try to use it with music. Do you think that what we listen to can affect us in any way or not? Maybe and maybe not, but some of us tend to get influenced by what they put into their heads. Not everything that we see or do can import negative thought or feelings, but listening is a part of that category as well. Therefore, what these artists are trying to do is trying to use a rhetorical device to tell us that

Obama sings the same old song written by Cal Thomas for the Washington Times is a criticism on President Obama’s approach to welfare. Cal’s main audiences with this writing are readers of the Washington times and Republicans. Cal Thomas disagrees with President Obama’s approach to poverty, he believes that it has already not worked for long enough and we should try a new approach. He uses many rhetorical tools throughout this piece such as: statistics and facts, personal experience, and selective information.

Communication changes us by giving us a way to understand each other. Communication bringsus closer to people by being able to tell them our interests, wants, needs, and beliefs. Being able to understand whoever you are around is very important, without communication we would not be able to do that. The way we communicate makes a big difference in our lives. Metaphor: Poem: “Dream Deferred, Harlem” By Langston Hughes Quote: “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” Meaning: The quote from this poem is asking if dreams can just start to fade away. Poem: “Dreams” By langston Hughes Quote: “Life is a broken winged bird” Meaning: The quote in this poem is using a metaphor by comparing life to a bird with broken wings.Simile: Poem: “Dream Deferred, Harlem” By Langston Hughes Quote: “Or fester like a sore” Meaning: The quote from this poem is comparing a desire to

The pattern made by the alliteration and assonance makes the poem so easy to remember and also easy imagine. In this way, it is possible to get the feeling of hearing the blues also which was described by the speaker in the poem. There is also an overall effect of becoming familiar and understanding how the blues echoed through the head of the speaker.

Various literary devices used in this stanza are also used excessively throughout the poem. To begin with, alliteration is used in almost every line of his stanzas in line 716: “Ill fortune brings him face to-face with the foe”. The “f” sound in this line relates Gawain’s bad luck “ill fortune” in his journey in fighting his enemy “foe”, and “face to face.” Also in line 726 “Wars were one thing, but the winter was worse. The “w” sound underlines the hatred and struggles Gawain had with the winter. Also, in line 727: “Clouds shed their cargo or crystallized rain” the alliteration portrays the freezing weather Gawain was in contact with during his journey. Furthermore, the poet uses imagery, where he describes the rain as crystals to enhance the feeling of the

My initial reaction was that of puzzlement after reading the poem, "Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams. Due to its brevity, I didn't know what to make of it. However, upon deeper reflection, I came to realize that this poem, although brief in its entirety, utilizes imagery to convey a plethora of ideas and emotions to the reader. Therefore, by utilizing specific steps such as deciphering key phrases within the poem, determining the poem's overall message, and identifying central images in the poem, I was able to appreciate the poem and its overall message.

“Storm Warnings,” true to its literal subject matter, possesses flowy sweeping syntax created by the strategic use of commas and phrasing to draw parallels between the physical oncoming winds and the gales of life. The author crafts a long run-on sentence that spans the first stanza and carries on into the latter portion of the second to mirror the continuous flowing of windy weather and the forward motion of life. Once the speaker notices the brewing storm, they “walk from window to closed window, watching boughs strain against the sky.” In this portion of the affromented run-on sentence, alliteration, rhythm, and the repetition of words all contribute to the impression of movement. The various “w” sounds at the beginnings of words and the repetition of the word “window” create a sensation of continuously flowing forward, especially when read aloud; the comma adds a small swirling pause to the rhythm, which is then soon after resumed with the word “watching.” Just as the poem rhythmically moves forward with its long phrases connected with frequent commas, so must life carry on with each additional experience, whether it be misfortunes or joys. The elongated syntax allows all these elements to work together within sentences to highlight the similarities between physical storms and emotional struggle and to stress the inevitability of predicaments in life.

The poem begins with two lines which are repeated throughout the poem which convey what the narrator is thinking, they represent the voice in

The alliteration of the s sound is used again here but in a different way the s becomes a strong violent sound rather that the soft soothing one it was before