1) When the speaker says “black night doth take away,” he is creating the picture of night removing or taking something away; this is using personification to describe the impact of the night. 2) The speaker uses the part of a day to describe the whole time in life, when he says “the twilight of such day” can be seen in him. This is the use of synecdoche. 3) The speaker talks about enjoying life and being filled with love.…
“Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall.”- Daniel Woodrell. This quote by Daniel Woodrell illustrates how light used to exist until it was extinguished by the darkness brought about by a shadow. Moreover, this was just the case for the author of the novel Night- Elie Wiesel. As a survivor of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel was forced into witnessing horrible atrocities that embedded a veil of darkness around him and thus he was deprived from seeing the light in his life.…
Paul bogard article “let there be dark” persuade his audience that natural darkness should be preserved. In paragraph 1 he says “ I knew night skies in which meteors left smoky trails across sugary sperds of stars. Also he talks about how losing night’s natural darkness before realizing it’s worth. He also uses facts about saving moeny to support his argument. By people cutting off their lights at night time will save you a couple of bucks of your bill.…
Bogard also goes on to say that darkness is a natural part of life. by pointing out many animals depend on darkness to continue the lifestyles they have followed for thousands of years. He also talks of how personal beliefs…
Why should people take advantage of the darkness more often ? Paul bogard’s essay “let there be dark” he emphasizes the importance of natural darkness. Bogard beings his argument by first providing a story from his personal experience, appealing the reader by adding imagery. “I knew night skies in which meteors left smoky trails across sugary spreads of stars. “In this sentence, bogard depicts the beauty of natural darkness using detail.…
Bogard builds on his argument by explaining that everyday we get 6% more light which is stopping our darkness. We need our natural darkness to help with the night and preserve our energy. He said that every night over 80% of our cities/ towns are lit up. This is a problem because we already have light pollution and it is within our ability to solve it but he says how can we if we get 6% more everyday. In his argument Bogard starts with explaining the environment he grew up in and how it was completely dark.…
To persuade his audience Paul Bogard uses a cause and effect structure. He builds the argument of people not giving dark light the credit it deserves early in the selection . Bogard uses some of his experiences as a way to connect with the audience . He states " Today,though, when we feel the closeness of nightfall, we reach quickly for a light switch . " This applies to many of the audience and makes them re-think the way they see darkness.…
Paul Bogards article “Let There Be Dark” claims that light should be perseved by using evidence, reasoning, and imagery. The article states realistic facts and logic reason to why we should pererve light, save energy, and save money. Doing so, will prevent us from having any health problems. Darkness can provide solitude, quiet and stillness, qualities increasingly in short supply. World Health Organizations classifies that working the night shift as a probable human causes (carcinogen).…
From the Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, we are introduced to a character named Marlow. At an early age, he loves looking at the map one particle place he was fascinated was the Congo River. So he decided to go there. When Marlow arrives in Congo, he will truly see how the natives are treated by the whites. He is horrified by what he sees and describes the natives as being enslaved.…
In the End of Night this book is mainly a tour of the night. It goes to the brightest spots to the darkest skies we have. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders yet. In our lit world, three quarters of Americans eyes never seem to shut off the lights at night and most of us no longer experience true darkness. In The End of Night, Paul Bogard tries to restore our knowledge of the wildly dark night sky and how it has affected the human experience across everything from science to art.…
Paul Bogard, writer of the article, “Let There Be Dark,” presents interesting and engaging information to gain support for the reduction of artificial light pollution in our night skies. He displays the importance of changing from the current state by giving us some reasons why we can’t let the light pollution progress, examples of how we can fix it, and engages our feelings of responsibility when we see that we need to take care of our world. The first point he makes is a common daily occurrence in our world. He writes how, “Life evolved to the steady rhythm of bright days and dark nights,” he states that we have gotten out of the natural rhythm, and how instead of the natural pattern of day and night, we now turn on the light in our houses…
Darkness, May there be darkness. Paul Bogard builds an argument to persuade his audience by giving information on natural darkness by using evidence, reasoning, and persuasive elements. The world would like less light and more dark. For example in the text he states “today though when we feel the closeness of nightfall we reach quickly for a light switch and too little darkness meaning to much artificial light at night spells trouble for all”. To speak a little on facts, In the united states and western europe, the amount of light in the sky increases an average of about 6% every year.…
“At night in any kind of light, in twilight, candlelight, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars! The outside pattern I mean, and the woman behind it is as plain as can be” (653). The moonlight leaves readers with an eerie feeling, a sort of mysterious aspect that allows the imagination to explore the depths of darkness. The narrator notices the most changes when the dim lighting of the moon appears. The light begins to shed more awareness on her life.…
They tell us our days are numbered. They say we will not last. They never forget to tell us where we stand. That we are insufficient, inadequate in the game of life. Not that they need to remind us; we already know the harsh truth of where we belong here.…
In The Dark Have you ever been left in the dark about something and it felt like you lost your sense of vision? In “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” the poet, Emily Dickinson, is talking about how she lost sight of what was really important, but soon grew accustomed and started to find her way. In “Before I Got My Eye Put Out” the poet, Emily Dickinson, is talking about how she lost her sight in something but she gained her mind and her knowledge. Emily Dickinson’s poems “We grow Accustomed to the Dark” and “Before I Got My Eye Put Out” both loses something but both react differently.…