Entry 1 _ Hoàng Thúy Vi _ (08031366)

Entry 1 _ Hoàng Thúy Vi _ (08031366)

Entry 1

Item 1: Poem

Who Has Seen the Wind ? [1]

Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you;
But when the leaves hang trembling
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I;
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Source: The Golden Book of Poetry (1947)


Rhetorical devices

• Metaphor : the wind - God or spiritual power 

• Rhetorical question : Who has seen the wind?

• Repetition : 

Who has seen the wind?
Neither ... nor ...
But when ...
The wind is passing ...

• Parallelism : 

Who has seen the wind?                                               Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you;                                                          Neither you nor I;
But when the leaves hang trembling                               But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing through.                                         The wind is passing by.

• Chiasmus : Neither I nor you - Neither you nor I

Message 
God (/ Spiritual power) as well as the wind can’t be seen, but his (/ its) effects can be seen and felt.

Item 2 : Fable 

The Peacock and The Crane [2]

One day a peacock met a crane and said, “So sorry for you. You have so dull feathers. Look at the fine colours of my feathers.”
“Well!’ replied the crane, “your look are brighter than mine. But whereas I can fly high up into the sky. All you can do is to strut about on the ground.”


Rhetorical devices

• Metaphor : 

The peacock - person has bright appearance
The crane - person has ordinary appearance


Message 
Everyone has both strength and weakness, so never look for and criticise fault of others

Item 3 : Cartoon 

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Rhetorical devices

• Metaphor : 

apples - human beings
green / fresh apples - people are healthy
withered / rotten apples - people are ill
the apple that the cigarette sticks in - smoker
the apple that no cigarette sticks in  - nonsmoker

• Overstatement (Hyperpole)

Message  
Smoking means that you are destroying yourselves


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[1] http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171952

[2] http://www.english-for-students.com/The-Peacock-and-The-Crane.html

[3] http://www.pinterest.com/pin/271271577526410377/

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