Literature devices
Cecilia&Stephen
Cecilia&Stephen
(by Cecilia)
Which sample uses only metaphor?
A. 'And the Warders with their jingling keys
Opened each listening cell.'
B. 'And all the while the burning lime
Eats flesh and bone away.
It eats the brittle bone by night,
And the soft flesh by day.'
C. 'And down the iron stair we tramped
Each from his separate Hell.'
D. 'And look upon the wondering sky
With unreproachful stare.'
C
(by Krystal)
Find an alliteration in section V.
e.g And the stark and staring eyes.
(by Niki & Hope)
How did the miserable world start? (40s)
'Since first Man took his brother’s life.
And the sad world began.'
(V)
(by Echo & Violet)
What is Oscar Wilde ‘s opinion of the reality based on 'The brave man with a sword'?
It’s irony. Because the man with a sword is considered as a hero in the war, but the man who murdered his wife is regarded as a monster.
(by Iris)
Which stanza or couplets does this picture represent in IV? (1 min)
Out of his mouth a red, red rose!
Out of his heart a white!
(by Cecilia)
Is there any literary devices used in the sentence?
If yes, please state out otherwise no points will be earned.
'Each narrow cell in which we dwell
Is a foul and dark latrine.'
No devices is used.
(by Krystal)
Which sentence used assonance?
A: Silently we went round and round.
B: For what chills and kills outright.
C: And the wild regrets and the bloody sweats
D: And terror crept behind.
B
(by Niki & Hope)
Which stanza state the fear caused by the sound made by the prison guard? (40s)
'So they kept us close till nigh on noon,
And then they rang the bell,
And the Warders with their jingling keys
Opened each listening cell,
And down the iron stair we tramped,
Each from his separate Hell.'
(2nd paragraph in IV)
(by Echo & Iris)
What is Wilde opinion about ‘All men kill the thing they love’ ?
All of them are greedy and want to occupy the thing they love.But during the possession they will change /disturb that.This is a process of “killing”
(by Judy)
Which stanza or couplets does this picture represent in V or VI? (1 min)
Is that every stone one lifts by day
Becomes one's heart by night.
(V)
(by Stephen)
Which literature devices are used in the stanza?
Since first man took his brother’s life
And the sad world began
But straws the wheat and saves the chaff
With a most evil fan.
Metaphor, irony.
(by Krystal)
Read the first stanzas of section V, and in this stanzas, which one is correct?
A: it used Ear-Rhyme
B: it used Feminine rhyme
C: it used assonance
D: it used Masculine rhyme
D
(by Niki & Hope)
Which stanza expressed a sense of tranquility? (40s)
'He is at peace—this wretched man—
At peace, or will be soon:
There is no thing to make him mad,
Nor does Terror walk at noon,
For the lampless Earth in which he lies
Has neither Sun nor Moon.'
(by Echo & Violet)
What is Wilde opinion about “And the Warder is Despair” in the fifth stanza in V?
This is a metaphor. It means not he is kept physically in prison, but also his soul is kept by despair.
(by Iris)
Which stanza or couplets does this picture represent in V or VI? (1 min)
With bars they blur the gracious moon,
And blind the goodly sun.
(V)
(by Stephen)
Find two literature device is used in the stanza.
Upon that little tent of blue
We prisoners called the sky
And at every careless cloud that passed
In happy freedom by.
Contrast, personification.
(by Linda)
And makes it bleed again
And makes it bleed great gouts of blood
And makes it bleed in vain
please find out all the types of sound devices (which and where)
great gouts (alliteration)
bleed and blood (consonance)
again and vain (rhyme)
(by Niki & Hope)
Describe or find the stanza about ‘big meal ‘. (40s)
'And all the while the burning lime
Eats flesh and bone away,
It eats the brittle bone by night,
And the soft flesh by day,
It eats the flesh and bone by turns,
But it eats the heart alway.'
(by Echo & Violet)
What’s Oscar Wilde’s opinion of the law based on
'But straws the wheat and saves the chaff With a most evil fan.'?
The law is unfair, law is compared to the fan, it straws the wheat(represents the useful things) and saves the chaff(represents the useless things).
(by Judy)
Which stanza or couplets does this picture represent in V or VI? (1 min)
The brackish water that we drink
Creeps with a loathsome slime,
And the bitter bread they weigh in scales
Is full of chalk and lime.
(V)
(by Cecilia)
Find out the two devices in the stanzas.
'But neither milk-white rose nor red
May bloom in prison-air;
The shard, the pebble, and the flint,
Are what they give us there:
For flowers have been known to heal
A common man’s despair.
So never will wine-red rose or white,
Petal by petal, fall
On that stretch of mud and sand that lies
By the hideous prison-wall,
To tell the men who tramp the yard
That God’s Son died for all.'
white rose and red rose (metaphor)
But either ... nor...
So never ... or... (parallelism)
(by Linda)
Each narrow cell in which we dwell
Is a foul and dark latrine
And the fetid breath of living Death
Chokes up each grated screen
And all, but Lush is turned to dust
In Humanity’s machine
Please find out the types of sound devices (which and where)
And use example pairs of words that show the song devices above.
‘breath death’ ‘lush dust’ ‘cell dwell’ (rhyme in the same line, assonance)
‘but lush, is turned to dust’ (alliteration)
‘latrine machine’ (rhyme)
The created example pairs of words should show the song devices above.
(by Niki & Hope)
Which part express ‘stop killing by more killing’? (40s)
Certain sentence “For only blood can wipe out blood”，certain words ”blood&blood” and certain part of section” in last paragraph in V is available.
(by Echo & Violet)
'And sleep will not lie down, but walks
Wild-eyed, and cries to Time.' (V)
There is a personification here. But what is meant by 'sleep cries to time' ?The prisoners cannot sleep. Time is a torture to the prisoners.
(by Iris)
Which stanza or couplets does this picture represent in V or VI? (1 min)
And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand,
The hand that held the steel,
For only blood can wipe out blood,
And only tears can heal.
(V)