Category: Literary Devices

Robert Frost was one of America’s rare public literary figures’ born on March 26, 1874. Frost was the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. In 1960, President John F. Kennedy presented Frost with the United States Congressional Gold Medal in appreciation of his poetry, which he received in March 1962. Frosts ‘The…

In life, taking the known route does not necessarily have the most beneficial ending- this is partially due to the fact that the unknown road provides options for personal growth and new experiences. This idea is conveyed throughout The Road not Taken and is specially reinforced in the last stanza. The Road Not Taken was…

O Captain! My captain is a poem composed by the American poet Walt Whitman who is called the bird of democracy. Most of his works reflect his ideas about women’s rights, immigration laws, and labor issues. This poem in particular is an elegy written after the death of former American president Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman’s…

Song Analysis Should society criticise someone so much that they should change their appearance? The song Mrs Potato Head sung and produced by Melanie Martinez in 2016, covers part of our narcissistic, degrading society towards a persons physical appearance, specifically girls and how people need to be up to a certain physical standard to please…

Rocket Man is the song created by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The performer of this song is Elton John who is a famous English singer-songwriter. And this song was included with the Honky Château in the early 1970s. Rocket Man also became one of the songs of the hit song in the United States…

The song This Is America, they are trying inform viewers of how America isnt what we perceive it to be. In the video he appears to show a contrast of popular contrast cultures perception of black experience and its often brutal reality by juxtaposing happy, carefree choruses and dark, aggressive verses. In the beginning when…

All traditions have an intention and a purpose dedicated to the current time period, but it may come to a point where practice is no longer justified. In ‘The Lottery’, a short story written by Shirley Jackson, a rural town of 300 is ‘celebrating’ the killing of one member, which is believed to ensure a…

The Landlady is a very weird and unusual story. This short horror story is by author named Roald Dahl. The story is about a lady who owns a house that does bed and breakfast in the middle of nowhere. Billy Weaver aka Mr. Weaver is a businessman that is looking for a place to stay…

Shades of meaning can refer to the subtleties and degrees of meaning that can be developed in a text. Australian novelist Tim Wintons story, Cloudstreet, does not simply explore love, family, spirituality or human value, it addresses deeper concepts with graduations of meaning that develop over the course of the text, and are unique to…

The author Thornton Wilder uses dialogue in the play Our Town. There is a lot left to the imagination as the sets are simple and throughout the acts, the narrative provided by the Stage Manager sets the scene in what is known as the dream play technique. The stage set is very basic with only…