Item 1_Nguyen Thuy Hien E14

                                                        

                                              

                                                                The Sickness

                                                       By Steve Gillman

When the weight of the snow
Is taken by the sun
The grass springs skyward
With the simple force of life

I am the grass
When the weight of myself
Is melted away
By the truth of the moment.

But I catch myself
Always catch myself
Become myself once more
To write such words as these.

Dull reflections of life
Of experience beyond language
Of joy which is killed
Always killed when spoken.

And I've caught myself again

A contagion spread by words
And poetry appears like fever
A symptom of disease.

Obviously, one could simply say that words (or the ego reflected in them) can be like a disease, or that poetry can be like a symptom of some illness. These might be useful metaphors to use when looking at some of the problems of relying too heavily on language. But to put these ideas into a poem makes them hit the reader with more force. Poetry appears like fever.

Rhetorical devices:

·         Simile: poetry-fever

·         Repetition: “When the weight of” is used twice; “catch myself” is used three times

·         Metaphor: the ego (a disease); poetry (a symptom of some illness)

Message:

When a family member has an illness, the entire family can be affected. The way that the illness is dealt with has an effect on the entire family. This illness is not to end in death. Therefore,  Good health is important.

://www.metaphorology.com/metaphor-poem.html

                                                         

                                                                   Item 2 : Fable

The Fisherman and the Little Fish An Aesop's Fable A Fisherman who lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught a single small fish as the result of his day's labor. The fish, panting convulsively, thus entreated for his life: "O Sir, what good can I be to you, and how little am I worth! I am not yet come to my full size. Pray spare my life, and put me back into the sea. I shall soon become a large fish, fit for the tables of the rich; and then you can catch me again, and make a handsome profit of me." The fisherman replied: "I should be a very simple fellow, if I were to forego my certain gain for an uncertain profit."

Rhetorical devices:

·         Metaphor: the fisherman (person whose job is to catch in the seashore/canal), the net (the tool to catch the fish), the fish (the produce of the nets), panting convulsively ( escape / beg to live).

·         Using direct speech “O Sir, what good can I be to you, and how little am I worth! I am not yet come to my full size. Pray spare my life, and put me back into the sea. I shall soon become a large fish, fit for the tables of the rich; and then you can catch me again, and make a handsome profit of me."; "I should be a very simple fellow, if  I were to forego my certain gain for an uncertain profit."

Aesop’s author gave the fish a language so that the aspiration to live. His priority most of words were the fish

Message:

Although People are to catch the chance, we do not forego a certain gain for an uncertain profit.

http://www.aesops-fables.org.uk/the

fisherman-and-the-little-fish.htm

 Item 3: Cartoon

Rhetorical devices:

·         Rhyme: Stylish-design-white-like-my; telephone-headphones

·         Metaphor: The gadget-telephone

·         Metonymy: Telephone- modern technology; functions of modern devices (tiny buttons, compact and stylish, white earpieces, headphones, folding mechanism, word processing software) - various items

Message:

Nowadays, modern technology is any advance in making useful things. Most technologies are based on the sciences. Only telephone people can use to contact, entertain. Therefore, people is distracted and become dependent on the telephone. The telephone affects our brain and memory. http://www.weblogcartoons.com/page/2/