- Mar 2024
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Once you’re aware of the suitcase/handle problem, you’ll see it everywhere. People glomonto words and stories that are often just stand-ins for real action and meaning. Advertiserslook for words that imply a product’s value and use that as a substitute for value itself.Companies constantly tell us about their commitment to excellence, implying that this meansthey will make only top-shelf products. Words like quality and excellence are misapplied sorelentlessly that they border on meaningless.
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- Dec 2021
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blogs.dickinson.edu blogs.dickinson.edu
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And then the moon, like to a silver bow New bent in heaven, shall behold the night
Diana is known to go hunting at night and she is very fond of her "silver bow."
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Hippolyta, I woo’d thee with my sword,
The sword is a metonym for the war that had just played out between Theseus (Athens) and Hippolyta (Amazons). In diminishing the war to his sword and comparing it to a courtship tactic, it also downplays the real tragedy for the Amazonians who lost their independency. Theseus is promising Hippolyta that their wedding will be different from their first meeting which was in a war.
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Hippolyta, I woo’d thee with my sword,
The sword is a metonym for the war that had just played out between Theseus (Athens) and Hippolyta (Amazons). In diminishing the war to his sword and comparing it to a courtship tactic, it also downplays the real tragedy for the Amazonians who lost their independency. Theseus is promising Hippolyta that their wedding will be different from their first meeting which was in a war.
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- Sep 2021
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blogs.dickinson.edu blogs.dickinson.edu
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anaesthetic from which none come round
Through METONYMY, Larkin refers to death as a dysfunctional anesthetic to emphasize the permanence of death. One of the reasons Larkin fears death is because once It happens, it cannot be undone. As he claims earlier, immorality is not an option.
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A small unfocused blur,
Larkin uses METONYMY when referring to death as a "small unfocused blur". This emphasizes the notion that death is a constant presence, regardless of the situation. even if it is just a small, blurry image.
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- Jan 2017
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nfs.sparknotes.com nfs.sparknotes.com
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great Rome shall suck Reviving blood
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- May 2015
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caseyboyle.net caseyboyle.net
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rising steam or smoke evokes smells of fire, incense, or cooking
Metonymy?
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