Persona

is about a person who is addicted to drugs, the persona wants to quit the drugs but isn’t trying hard enough to quit. In the song “snowblind” the persona is also addicted to drugs but instead of wanting to quit the person would rather die because of how much the drugs have damaged them. In the song “Hurt” we know the person is a drug addicted because in the 1st stanza the song writer uses “the needle” which refers to drugs. We also know the persona has been using drugs for a long time because the

stables. It is described that the owl is sleeping as the persona feels power over the creature with the ability to end its life. The first shot fired towards the owl was non-fatal. There is

shows how the ramifications of his personas discovery can change their outlook of themselves and the wider society through highlighting the importance of human relationships in his texts “The Tuft of Flowers” and “Mending Wall”. However the different personas of these texts are seen to gain contrasting changes in their perspective. In “The Tuft of Flowers” the persona is seen to gain a positive outlook through the ramifications of

“Breaking Through” by Myrna Peña-Reyes, it can be said that the poem describes the story and progression of a daughter, the persona, and her relationship with her father through the use of figurative language. The persona is addressing the poem to her father, whom she is reminded of when she receives a parcel from him. The arrival of the package serves as a _____ to the persona, reminding her of how her father treated her as she was growing up under his care. The poem starts with the word “Haltingly

discrimination and her attitudes that enable her to overcome challenges. The positive attitudes of the character (persona) are determination, confidence and powerful which are revealed through the use of simile, repetition, rhetorical questions and personification. In ‘Still I Rise’, Maya Angelou uses the language feature of simile and repetition to reveal the determined attitude of the persona. The simile and repetition of the key phrase is used to

“Failed Sonnet For My Father”, the poetic persona describes her emotional journey as she tries to cope with her father’s passing and grasp the fact that he wants to die. The poem reflects the thoughts and feelings of the poetic persona through imagery, sound effects and types of line. The poetic persona’s use of imagery passes on to the reader how her feelings change and and how she is trying to grasp the concept that her father wants to die. The poetic persona introduces the concept of seasons in relation

five culinary personas: homemaker, non-traditional female, craftsman, explorer, and non-traditional male (gastrosexual). Even though these hosts had unique characteristics, the thematic presence of gender division between domestic cooking and professional cooking underlined all the personalities. These identified attributes for the most part do adhere to the traditional femininity and masculinity with some divergent examples. Persona Attributes The traditionally female culinary persona portrays a woman’s

of a Petrarchan sonnet in that it follows a rhyme scheme of CDCDEE. Therefore, it can be concluded that Sonnet 61 is a Petrarchan sonnet with Shakespearean variations. The poet employs a variation in the form of a poet to represent rebellion. The persona of the poem has been rejected by a woman he loves. His anger and frustration leads him to question the condition of womankind in its entirety, which can be seen in the line ‘Are beauties there as proud as here they be’. His rage is further proven

interesting way. The poem is about a man who rents a very small, basic bed-sit. While living in this room, the persona learns about the previous tenant's, Mr Bleaney, life, and how the basic and empty room reflects his personality. The persona's unspoken thoughts gives the reader a clear insight to Mr Bleaney's monotonous life and the sort of man he was. By the end of the poem, the persona realises that by accepting these terrible living conditions, he is in fact becoming Mr Bleaney. Larkin uses many

Duffy adopts the persona of Myra Hindley, the notorious Moors Murderer. The poem consists of five individually titled sections, each describing an individual part of Hindley’s experiences from meeting Brady to feeling sorry for herself while sitting in her prison cell. At the end of her life. Themes relating to avoiding responsibility, self-pity and her fear of society’s reaction to her crimes are explored as Duffy creates an effective persona. One way in which an effective persona is created is through