By Alliteration, Numbers

Basically, I have been set a piece of coursework: to compare the aforementioned poems. I am going for an A* piece at GCSE level, there is no particular question, just to compare the four poems. I have almost completed My Last Duchess, mentioning all the themes I can think of and reading the...

Hi! 3. Trying to warm his way into the confidence of the orphans' new guardian (their aunt that is a grammar freak), Count Olaf says: Count Olaf: Why, perhaps it's just the ramblings of an expert fisherman, but grammar is the number-one most important thing in this here world to me. (A man...

Hi, Don't worry, it's no trouble for me. 1. Doctor Steffano (Count Olaf) talks with Doctor Montgomery about his experience as a (fictitious) scientist: Well, I am a fan, if I may gush. Your work has profoundly influenced my research up at the Monterey Bay Aquarium... on the sea snake. It's a...

Hello Damian Here are a couple of thoughts to start you off. LBL = Little Boy Lost and LBF = Little Boy Found. 1. What specific liguistic devices does the poet use and how do these contribute towards the overall message, tone, and/or effect of the poem? For each could you specify a specific...