…devices, Home resorts to metaphors, extended metaphors, similes, and repetitions. Analysis of the Literary Devices in The Odyssey Action: The main action of the epic comprises the homeward journey of…
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
…Oregon. Simile: The following sentences show a good use similes, i. I creep along the wall quiet as dust in my canvas shoes, but they got special sensitive equipment detects…
The Good Earth
…him. Setting: The setting of the novel, The Good Earth, is someplace in rural China. Simile: The following sentences are good examples of similes, i. But out of the woman’s…
Flowers for Algernon
…first person narrative further lends credence to this style. For literary devices, Keyes resorts to similes, metaphors and personifications. Analysis of the Literary Devices in Flowers for Algernon Action: The…
The Hobbit
…upon the idea. Setting: The setting of The Hobbit is somewhere in Middle-earth. Simile: The following sentences are best examples of similes, i. There is little or no magic about…
A Raisin in The Sun
…Chicago. Simile: The play shows good use of various similes as given in the examples below, i. About to march out of here with that head looking just like chickens…
Maus
…is Poland, some German towns, Auschwitz, and then the United States. Simile: The novel shows excellent use of various similes as given in the below examples, i. You want it…
Snake
…of the poem the author uses it emphasizes his point such as, “Into the burning bowels of this earth?” and “Was it cowardice, that I dared not kill him?” Simile:…
Aubade
…at the glare. Not in remorse” mind in is personified. Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare something with something else to make the meanings clear to…
There is No Frigate like a Book
…human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, “How frugal is the Chariot That bears the Human Soul.” Simile: It is a device used to compare something with something else to…
After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes
…it is just posed to make the point clear. For example, “And ‘Yesterday, or Centuries before’?” Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare something with something else….
Close But No Cigar
…that the singer remembers that his friend has promised him that he would come from Brazil. These two stanzas show its use as a repetition as well as a simile…
Beowulf
…of the epic, Beowulf, spreads over Denmark and then some areas of Geatland. 21. Simile: The epic shows a good use of various similes such as; Over the waves, with…
Chinese Whispers
…from the common brain. These three stanzas present why they used to seem mysterious or taller, giving a simile of the tall trees of the forests. Then he turns to…
To — — –. Ulalume: A Ballad
…here?” Simile: It is a device used to compare something with something else. The speaker has used this device in the second stanza of the poem where it is stated…
As different as Chalk And Cheese
…contradictory things. Origin of “As different as Chalk and Cheese” There are numerous examples to indicate the likeness or similarity between two things which is often referred to as Similes….
Carry Coals To Newcastle
…eventually will face problems. Therefore, it is similar to carrying coals to Newcastle which has been used as a simile in this passage as the word “like” before the phrase…
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
…a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye.” Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare something with something else to make meanings clear to the readers. The…
América
…“Everyone sat in green velvet chairs.” Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare an object or a person with something else to make the meanings clear to…
Concord Hymn
…flood.” Here, the bridge is personified in the first line of the poem. Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare an object or a person with something…
