WW Quotes - what poem?
"It is not without hope we suffer and mourn"
Elegiac Stanzas
‘The boys seemed unsure for a moment what to do next; Jane knew from observing her mother that it was her role to fill awkward silences.’
An Abduction
Rationalises
To explain or justify
Encourages the audience to continue to fight and challenge the status quo through the metaphor of a battle.
Emmeline Pankhurst 'Freedom or Death'speech
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Hyperbole
"Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea:
Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free..."
London 1802
"...he had power of her because of what happened in the french cupboard..."
Deeds Not Words
Discredits
To harm the reputation of or respect for.
Posits the impossibility of achieving sameness without being dehumanised and losing our individuality in the process.
Kurt Vonnegut 'Harrison Bergeron'
The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being...."
Metaphor
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
Ode: Intimations of Immortality from recollections of early childhood
"When she was younger she had called to her mother if she woke in the night, but something stopped her from calling out now: she didn’t want to tell anyone about this. Once the words were said aloud, she would never be rid of them; it was better to keep them hidden. "
Bad Dreams
Amplifies
Expand upon or add detail to.
Intertwines personal reflection with historical facts to reflect on a journey that, as VCAA describes, ‘is far from over.’
Mark Gillespie 'Friday Essay'.
"street lamp glowing through the foliage like a glassy lozenge”
Similie or Imagery
"Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind"
Surprised By Joy, Impatient as the Wind
"There was no violent shock, only a settled change, and the realisation — a surprise — that — you couldn’t undo the knowledge of the thing with the same calm ease with which you had taken it in.”
The Stain
Summises
Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
Uses satire and irony to highlight the folly of striving for total equality.
Kurt Vonnegut 'Harrison Bergeron'
'seems a sense of joy'
sibilance
"...thou hast great allies;
Thy friends are exultations, agonies,
And love, and Man’s unconquerable mind."
To Toussaint L'Ouvreture
"In spite of Amy’s complaining, she actually seemed complacent in her slouchy, sloppy physical collapse – as if the baby had solved some problem about who she ought to be..."
Flight
Lauds
Praises or acclaims
Uses the motif of being forced to ‘sit down’ and ‘stay humble in order to rebuke the oppressors.
Meyne Wyatt 'City of Gold' monologue
"The World is too much for us..."
Synechdoche