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For questions regarding an author's use of various literary techniques and other stylistic elements to allow the reader to better interpret and appreciate the work of literature.
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Does "The Soul selects her own Society" by Emily Dickinson have a simile?
It's a simile.
A simile is a direct comparison and if we note that we have:
The soul ... unmoved ... like stone
We see we have a simile.
This reading is corroborated by reading the rest of t …
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Are there earlier incidences than Merchant of Venice of an angel on one shoulder and a devil...
In the Islamic tradition there are two angels, the kiraman katibin, that figuratively sit to the left and right of person to record their actions, both good and bad. They are named in the Qu'ran as th …