Repetition in poetry is repeating a word or phrases to invoke feeling or get a point across to a reader. In The Charge of the Light Brigade, Tennyson uses this literary device multiple times for different reasons. In the beginning of the poem, he repeats a phrase to describe the diligence of the brigade. Throughout, an expression is used over and over to symbolize the camaraderie within the troop. Another example of a saying repeated throughout the poem shows where the group is going, and what the place will become. At the very beginning of the poem, in order to portray the determination of the brigade, the phrase “Half a league” is repeated three times, followed by “onward.” It shows that the group will continue moving forward, even though
It is like the speaker is longing for the sister she never had. Another example of repetition in “More Lies” is the word “cafe,” which the poet uses to make the reader feel like the speaker visit cafes like it is a second home. (lines 10-11)”I carried a bag of books to the café and ordered tea. It is like the speaker feels welcomed into a cafe and loves it there.
“They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity” (15).Repetition was not only used in the diction, but also in the sentence structure. While reading, you could sense the trouble these soldiers were facing because of the syntactical structure. At one point, the author used an entire page with simple and short sentence to
Another example is “By and by Man will try to get out into the sky, Sailing far beyond the air from down and here to up and there. This was an example from “Science-Fiction Cradlesong” this stanza from the poem shows how he rimes in his poem but also show repetition but the main point that the author was trying to show in its poem where mostly religion and that is what most of the poems was all
In the first three stanzas, the last word is accompanied by an end stop. These words are "gas", "despair" and "Wars", which are very morbid. This creates a falling tone which is serious, and creates a thoroughly negative feeling. Subsequently, the last three stanzas uses the words "armistice" , "smile" and "arms" which have extremely welcoming and good connotations, accompanied by an end stop. This creates a falling tone to which rises a strange bittersweet emotion because of the subtle hopeful tone.
This metaphor displays his uncertainty as per his crucial part in that moment in time. The soldier pictures himself as the hand on a clock, subject to the inevitable force of a clockwork motor that cannot be slowed or quickend. He realises that he does not really know why he is running and feels “statuary in mid-stride”. However, towards the end of the poem, all moral justifications for the existence of war have become meaningless- “King, honour, human dignity, etcetera Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm”, which is extremely dismissive of all the motives people provide for joining the army, explicitly stating that those motives do not justify and do not withstand the war. Disorientation is also highlighted in the line “Stumbling across a field of clods towards a green hedge That dazzled with rifle fire” where the confusion between the natural world and man-made world is expressed.
Throughout the entire poem, the constant repetition of “do” is to instruct the reader to find their inner voice and it’s simply something they must “do”. The repetition in line 23 of “little by little”, is used so the reader knows that in order to be successful in the attempt of finding their inner voice, one must have patience. The repetition of line 31 In “ As you strode deeper and deeper into the world”, is used to tell the reader that they will venture to a place not many have been before. The repetition in lines 34 -36 with “ determined”,“only”, and ”save” is used to emphasize the importance of the last line.
Overall, the use of repetition in both the poem and song is crucial for the development of their
While the use of repetition does not necessarily mean a poem is wonderful, it does help it to stand out. Sometimes a little repetition goes a long way. But too much repetition can make the poem
Bradbury focuses deeply on using a specific craft move to portray a certain mood. Repetition is something he uses to keep bringing up the topic of lions and how they play a big part in the dystopian story. This helps build suspense in the story and also supports the theme. In the beginning, Ray Bradbury uses repetition in a
I find this to be the most powerful image throughout the poem and the message being conveyed is one that helps to create an image for the reader of the harsh realities of the war and how precious life is. Slessor also references to the meaning of a name in his poem. His meaning however differs from Wrights as it portrays that who you are and what your name is, is not relevant once we reach the end of the cycle of life. With regards to the war, it helps to state that “whether as enemies they fought, or fought with us, or neither; the sand joins them together”. The message I draw from this is that no matter which country one is fighting for, we are all united by the common enemy of death and that we are nameless in our sacrifices.
In the first stanza, Sundiata writes “thru a red light red light red light” (Sundiata 503). The use of repetition here is smart, because the “red light” that is spoken of has two meanings and is crucial to the overall theme of the poem. Literally, the red light refers to the traffic light the narrator could have been driving through. Figuratively however, it refers to the harsh racism and discrimination that is preventing the narrator to progress in life because of his skin
Repetition is when a word or phrase has already been said and is repeated throughout, in this case the poem. Brown states, “ It’s the 4th” (1). She does not only say this in the first line, but throughout the poem. Before she starts to describe something at the party she says this phrase. She is explaining the significance of this day and what happened on that day with her family.
Langston changed the course of the poem because the character changed the whole situation over his " baby ". Langston also uses repetition, or the repeating of words or phrases. Repetition is shown when when Langston writes; Life is Fine,
Chandler Brand Vernon English 1302.02 1/30/16 The Charge Of The Light Brigade “Half a league, Half a league, Half a league onward..” (Tennyson 3) those words begin one of the most powerful poems ever written. Written in 1854, depicting the advancement of infantry into battle, the six hundred men charging into a fight not knowing the outcome. The connotation of this poem gives a feeling of courage in the fact that these six hundred men charged into battle even though they knew their commander had made a mistake.
The first three stanzas which involve the light brigade's approach to enemy lines have a strong structure. In the fourth and fifth stanzas, the structure established by the first three stanzas changes as the light brigade engages the enemy in battle. Tennyson does this to describe the steadiness of the charge and the chaos of its resulting battle. The two light beats and the one heavy beat of the lines “half a league, half a league/half a league onward,” are used to create the sound of the galloping horses of the light brigade. In the same two opening lines Tennyson uses imagery with the words “half a league, half a league” to create sense of the distance the men of the light brigade must charge to reach enemy lines.