What Are The Rhetorical Devices In Half Past Two

In Robert Hayden’s poem “Those Winter Sundays” tells of an individual reminiscing about their father and the sacrifices he made to provide for them. In the poem, the father was not appreciated for his contribution but the narrator seems to now acknowledge the hard work of the father. As the poem progresses the tone of the narrator is one of regret and remorse. The relationship of the parent and child is often one of misunderstanding and conflict until the experiences life more and come in grasps of the parent’s intention. So, the relation between a parent and child evolves as the child emerges to adulthood.

Cormac McCarthy fills this passage with tons of imagery and personification that forms a depth about the feelings that the characters were experiencing. This brings us as the readers into the novel, not just looking at the pages. “The warming house creaked and groaned” (p. 68); this quote that is in the beginning of the passage is not only a personification but also an oxymoron. The “warming house” does not have the power to literally creak and groan, but gives the readers the feelings of unstably frightened. In addition, the “warming house” does not seem warm after describing it as creaky and groaning, it does not give the welcoming feeling that a warming house usually gives off. By the middle of the passage, when Papa and the boy were finished with their meal, Papa got up and carried the boy (with a blanket wrapped around him) to the fire to stay warm, “The man rose and came around and carried him to the hearth and put him down in the sheets covered with the blankets … He rose and built back the fire and sat besides the boy and pulled the blankets over him …” (p. 68). These combination of quotes show how the father still manages to keep his son warm, with love and heat, and cares for him. By this point in the novel, Papa has realized that his son is keeping him alive, otherwise there would be no point in living, therefore he is willing to suffer his life to keep him

In the poem the speaker tells us about how his father woke up early on Sundays and warmed the house so his family can wake up comfortably. We are also told that as he would dress up and head down stairs he feared ¨the chronic angers of that house¨, which can be some sort of quarrel between his father and his mother in the house. This can also lead the reader to believe that the father may have had been a hard dad to deal with. However the father would polish his son's shoes with his cracked hands that ached. This shows the love that the father had for his son and now that the son has grown he realizes what his father did for him. The sons morals and feelings have changed him because as he has grown to become a man he has learned the true meaning of love is being there for one's family and not expecting it to be more than what it is. Consequently this teaches him a lesson on how much his father loved him and how much he regrets not telling him thank

In the first section of this gothic short story, Jacobs starts off by describing the setting. He describes the night as "cold and wet" but, he shows the reader that the house is warm and cozy even with the cold rainy weather. He depicts this by telling us “the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly"(Jacobs 1). He contrasts the inside of the home heavily with the outside of the home. Outside it is a dark, stormy night, and the inside it is cheery and warm with chess, knitting, and a warm fire. The author shows us in the beginning that the family is happy and has everything they could need.

The narrator talks about how excited he, and the rest of his family, were to finally board the plane they were taking out of the country. He remembers in brief detail “There is a photograph of my father, mother, / sister, and me going up / the steps to the plane / all smiling.” The narrator only mentions the best of the experience, excitement in more than one form. Not only would this experience sound exciting, but he also explains that his family’s expressions were filled with joy and excitement. Additionally the narrator starts describing his surroundings as dull and disappointing, especially when he talks about his living conditions. The narrator says he “discovered darkness in closets / turned hands in a boring bathroom / as the snow whorled down / pillowing the city / with soft / glass.” As he sat in the bathroom trying to study English he realized how boring his new life is now. The narrator has to stay in the bathroom to study presumably because it was the quietest room in their tiny hotel. The only new knowledge he gains is how dark the closets are and describes the snow as soft glass. He doesn’t want to talk about the snow as if it was a beautiful ice crystal which kind of hints that he is already drained of his new

Rhetorical Analysis: 2b or Not 2b? David Crystal’s essay is persuasive and effective. His use of ethos, pathos and logos helped him persuade the reader. He used ethos by showing he had credibility to support the statements that he made. He also used pathos in his essay to connect with the reader on an emotional level. Crystal also uses logos by providing strong reasons and sufficient evidence to reinforce his argument. In doing so he was able to effectively show the benefits of text messaging.

Those Winter Sundays focuses on the idea that parents, specifically this father, are willing to do anything for their children’s well being and comfort even if that means working constantly and giving up their own luxuries. This is evident when it says, “I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking./ When the rooms were warm, he’d call,/ and polished my good shoes as well. ” (6-8). The son wakes up to the sounds of the cold, but never has to experience it himself. He remains snuggling in his warm blankets because his gracious father would sacrifice his comfort to push out the cold for his children. Only

Everyone in life has gone through something that had caused them great distress and agony. In “The Monkey’s Paw”, by W.W. Jacobs, he uses authors craft moves such as, symbolism, setting the mood, and building suspense to keep the reader predicting. These moves show the distress and agony that everyone

Carver begins the short story with a vivid description of the environment to set the tone of the story, which is serious. It is implied through the state of the outside, the inside of the home is in the same condition. Carver ties the setting into the conflict seamlessly by mentioning how dismal the weather is and then stating “but it was getting dark on the inside too”(322). Before the reader is aware of the situation, the author uses a foreboding tone to let the reader know that there is a conflict in the house. This conflict is not a casual argument being that Carver felt the need to emphasize the darkness of the house. “The weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water”, much like that of the young couple’s interaction in the story (322). The couple’s argument starts off with the husband being calm with no physical contact. However,

Eating alone is a great poem written by Li-Young Lee, it is showing how lonely and sad is the writer, and how he spent every meal alone. It a very emotional and affective poem, it has a lot of different meanings and emotions that the author stated in the poem.

 The poem Acceptance Speech by Lynn Powell is about a housewife who feels undervalued by her family and by society. The title of the poem suggests that the character has received an award for achieving something brilliant, but in fact she is being sarcastic and conducting an imaginary award ceremony

Those Winter Sundays Growing up in a single parent household gave me a difficult childhood while growing up because I didn't have many of the advantages many of my other friends had. Little did I know, I had over and above. She was never really the type to show much affection, but like Robert Hayden’s father in Those Winter Days, she had a different kind of love language. Robert Hayden, describes of the amount of love his father had for him because he did not should it by affection, words, or emotion but instead by his actions, which sometimes went unrecognized. He conveys to the reader through language, imagery, and emotion.

The Poem “Those Winter Sundays” already implies it is cold in the heading and continues throughout the poem with a simile of “blueblack cold” and metaphor “cold splintering ,breaking “. The mood expresses one of love for his father as well as regret. He states his father would start the fire in the home when it was so cold, polish his shoes, and call him to wake once the house was warm. Remorsefully he recognizes the love of his father yet he was detached at the time. This was probably his father’s only day off yet he woke up early to start the fire and appears to get the child ready to go to church. This poem is a reflection of the author examining a time in his youth when his father worked hard all week and on Sunday would arise and ensure

Seamus Heaney’s “A Call” explores the speaker’s building contemplation of their father’s mortality and the subsequent sense of adoration that the speaker experiences. Throughout their typical call home, the speaker’s thoughts increasingly grow out of context, especially in regards to their father’s mortality. After contemplating this mortality to a great

it reveals that he has no children nor a wife. which may prove to be difficult living a life of hard work with a lack of love and support around him. This may be perceived from the passage where he states that he told them what it was like to be childless all these years and when the baker began to speak of loneliness that had come to him in his middle years. the use of emotive language also effects the tone which has a direct impact on the mood. in this section of the passage it adversely implies a dark theme of loneliness and mournful for the lonely soul. However, as the passage progresses an apparent shift in atmosphere arises. the mood of the passage begins to become more melodious and cheerful as the baker begins to realise that he has a necessary trade which brings countless cherished memories to his