Monday, August 25, 2008

“Where I lived, and What I Lived For” 6

Explain the nature and effect of the extended metaphor in the second paragraph.

11 comments:

dani.k said...

It is ironic for him to have such an extended metaphor, going on and on about how, even though we believe ourselves to be above nature and other flawed creatures, we are, indeed, just as flawed and repetitious as they are. Thoreau’s continuous use of rhetoric devices such as polysyndeton (like ants;…into men;…with cranes;…error, and…clout, and…superfluous and evitable..), tautology (still live meanly, like ants…like pilgrims we fight…error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue […] has wretchedness) and pleonasm (error upon error, clout upon clout…) within the extended metaphor slows the pace and emphasizes the round-about feeling about being caught in the vicious circle of today’s society.

Unknown said...

Hey

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Unknown said...

I have Madsen 2020.

Unknown said...

lol, people doing this in collage when im a high school junior in an AP class.

Unknown said...

Same

Unknown said...

Same here

Unknown said...

Bruh same im in 10th grade

Unknown said...

yo these questions saved me for this assignment. Thanks for being clutch

Unknown said...

same lol

Unknown said...

same- i just didn't feel like doing it on my own