Dada
Dada was born out of the horrors of the First World War. It was a movement of the European avant-garde, in the early 20th century, that...
The Raven
"The Raven" is a narrative poem, written by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1845 and it is another great example of the use of...
Ostranenie
Defamiliarisation or ostranenie is the artistic technique of presenting something common and familiar in an unfamiliar way. The Russian...
Deferred Similes
Simile: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more...
Dystopic Alliterations
What is Alliteration? It is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. The repetition of the same sounds brings the...
Metaphors & Riddles
Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. We...
To Begin at the Beginning
It all started with a sonnet. A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines, following a specific rhyme scheme. Since we are an english class, we...
