Thursday, December 15, 2016

Poetic And Literary Devices


1.Irony
A second level of knowledge in literature which can be humorous because of the unawareness to others of this knowledge.

Captain Irony. Dir. Jared Shores. Perf. Matt Mees, Mallory Everton, Natalie Madsen, Stacy Harkey, Jeremy Werner, James Perry. Captain Irony. Studio C, n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2016.
https://youtu.be/wtU2Mth86Hc EnglishEIU. "Irony vs. Paradox." YouTube. YouTube, 03 June 2011. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.
  • Exclaiming “oh great” after failing an exam
  • “I can resist anything but temptation.”-Oscar Wilde

By Allowing Them in on a Secret or Allowing Them to Have More Knowledge than the Characters, the Irony Keeps Them Anticipating. "Irony Examples." Types of Irony. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.

2.Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory, but in reality expresses a possible truth.
MatthewSantoro. "The 10 Most MIND-TWISTING PARADOXES of All Time!" YouTube. YouTube, 22 Mar. 2014. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.
Vsauce3. "4 Logical Paradoxes!!" YouTube. YouTube, 08 Mar. 2016. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.
"Irony vs. Paradox." YouTube. N.p., 03 June 2011. Web. 08 Nov.
2016.

  • “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” George Orwell’s Animal Farms  
  • In Othello, audiences know that Iago is plotting the downfall of Othello while Othello himself is unaware.
"Paradox - Examples and Definition of Paradox." Literary Devices. N.p., 30 Oct. 2015. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.
“Dark heaven light” (Shakespear, I.ii.25)
-A light cannot be dark
3.Symbolism
When an inanimate object represents a larger idea.
In William Blake’s “Ah Sunflower”, the sunflower represents people and the sun represents life:
Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveler’s journey is done
YourDictionary, By. "Examples of Symbolism in Literature."           YourDictionary. N.p., 27 July 2016. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.
  • Light represents hope for a better life or happiness in Emily Dickinson’s “A light exists in Spring”:
A light `exists in Spring
Not present on the year
At any other period—
When March is scarcely here
YourDictionary, By. "Examples of Symbolism in Poetry." YourDictionary. N.p., 27 July 2016. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.

4.Motifs
A repeating idea throughout a text

An example of a motif in songs is death. An example can be found in the song Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door by Bob Dylan, “Baby stay right here with me
‘Cause I can’t see you anymore
This ain’t the way it’s supposed to be
I feel I’m knocking on heaven’s door”
(Dylan, Bob, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door).
Another motif found in songs is disillusionment. This is a usual motif in punk-rock, like in American Idiot by Green Day, “Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Where everything isn’t meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow”
(Green Day, American Idiot).

5.Allusion
A brief reference to a character, place, idea, etc. of significance.
  • Potato chips are my diet's Achilles heel. (reference to Achilles in mythology)
  • “Love Story” by Taylor Swift has an allusion to Romeo and Juliet.
A reference to Queen (Shakespeare, I.iv. 60)
6.Tragedy
A literary work involving the theme of sorrow and suffering
  • Othello is an example of a tragic piece of literature.

7.Simile
A sentence that compares two things using words such as ‘like’ and ‘as’.
“That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.”

Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Raven’ (Line 55 and 56), 1845 January

“My friend is stubborn as a mule.” -My Brain
“Shape no bigger than an agate stone”
8.Metaphor
A figure of speech for a comparison between two unrelated things made to sound to have common characteristics.
Metaphors. 0gCheese, 23 Apr. 2007. Web. 8 Nov. 2016.


“Always gonna be an uphill battle”
"The Climb - Miley Cyrus." Google Play Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.

“This rudeness is a sauce to his wit”(Shakespeare i.ii. 312). This is a metaphor because it is saying that rudeness is a sauce but that isn't only comparing similarities.

9.Hyperbole
An exaggerated description used for emphasis


“I would fly to the moon and back if you’ll be…”

To the Moon and Back Savage Garden


“Oh, her eyes, her eyes / Make the stars look like they're not shinin'” (“Just The Way You Are” 2-3).

     Mars, Bruno. “Just The Way You Are.” Doo-Wo ps & Hooligans. Elektra, 2010. CD.
“Sleep for a week” (Shakespeare IV.v.6)
-No one can actually sleep for a week and they don’t need to
10.Alliteration
A repetition of the same sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sequence

“Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. This is an alliteration” (“Alliteration Examples).

YourDictionary, By. "Alliteration Examples." YourDictionary. 11 Apr. 2014. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.

“Whisper words of wisdom” (“Let It Be” 10).

       The Beatles. “Let It Be.” Let It Be. Apple, 1970. Vinyl Record.
“One more, most welcome, makes my number more” (Shakespeare, I.ii.23)
-”M” is repeated five times in one line
11.Allegory
An entire piece of literature that has a deeper meaning that often involves real life issues. It is similar to symbolism.


Book:
Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and
     World, 1954. Print.

Lewis, C. S., and Pauline Baynes. Thee Witch, and the Wardrobe.
     New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Print.

Entire book is an allegory about russia under the soviet union
Entire book is an allegory about the bible and the story of jesus and his apostales.(aslan:jesus edmund:judas)
“Revive [Juliet], look up, or I will die with thee!”
-Juliet’s mom is miserable now that Juliet seems dead but didn’t treat her with such love when she seemed alive. This tells us to appreciate things before they’re gone.
12.Anaphora
Using a phrase or word multiple times in a sentence to convey emphasis
-”This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, this nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, [...] this land of such dear souls, this dear dear land”(Shakespeare ii.i Richard II)

“Five years have passed;
Five summers, with the length of
Five long winters!” (Wordsworth, 36)

Capulet. What man? ‘Tis not so much

Capulet. What man? ‘Tis not so much, ‘tis not so much! Line:37 act:1  scene 5


“Peace,peace, Mercutio, peace” (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet I,iv line 103)
13.Couplet
Two lines of a verse joined by a rhyme to form a piece of literature
“Poor Peter Pumpkin im stay inside the garden bed”
(verse 1 and 2, Allison).
Allison, Jan. "POOR PETER PUMPKIN." - Poem by JAN ALLISON.  
Poetry Soup, 12 Oct. 2014. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.
“a touch, a kiss, the summer sun
from deep within, must now be spun”
(verse 4 and 6, Goff).
Goff, James Marshall. "The Old Painter." - Poem by James Marshall Goff. Poetry Soup, 2009. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.
“...Now by the stock and honor of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” Line 63, 64 act 1 scene 5
14.Imagery
Visually descriptive language to portray a feeling or action
  so much depends
  upon

  a red wheel
  barrow

  glazed with rain
  water

  beside the white
   chickens


"William Carlos Williams: “The Red Wheelbarrow”." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.

Example #2:
“Fish are awake
They are the color of old spoons”

"Inspirational Poems." Animation Project Development. N.p., 09 Dec. 2014. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.

15.Onomatopoeia
A grouping of words used to express sounds
Song-
“Bang, bang he shot me down” (“shot me down” David Guetta ft. Skylar Grey)


“Heard your gun go doo-doo-dooo-dooo /
Well my gun go blap-blap-blap-blap-blap” (Meek Mill 23-24).

16.Personification
the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
“"I just wanted to take this in /
The moonlight dancin' off your skin" (Darius Rucker 2-3).

“Hope is the sun on a cool summer day / warmly cradling you” (Hope 13-14).



“Let two more summers wither with pride” (Shakespeare, I.ii.10)
-Summers are not physically able to wither with pride, because pride is a human quality.

“Misfortune bodes”(Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet I,iv line 99)

“Vain fantasy” (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet I,iv line 106)
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