Q. What does the poem I felt a funeral in my brain mean?
Dickinson uses the metaphor of a funeral to represent the speaker’s sense that a part of her is dying, that is, her reason is being overwhelmed by the irrationality of the unconscious. She is both observer of the funeral and participant, indicating that the Self is divided.
Q. How does stanza 5 contribute to the speaker’s depiction of their experiences lines 17/20 )?
How does stanza 5 contribute to the speaker’s depiction of their experiences (Lines 17-20)? A. It portrays them as overcoming their emotional turmoil. It shows how pessimistic their experiences have made them.
Q. What is an effect of Dickinson’s use of repetition?
What is an effect of Dickinson’s use of repetition? Dickinson uses repetition to control the pace of the poem. The repetition of “treading – treading” and “beating – beating” makes the action of the poem seem slow and mind-numbing. The repetition of “down” makes the speaker’s fall seem endless and disturbing.
Q. What type of poem is I died for beauty?
Emily Dickinson’s poem “I Died for Beauty” is an allegorical work that depicts someone who died for beauty interacting briefly with someone who died for truth. An allegory is a metaphorical work in which the characters and actions represent larger ideas or themes.
Q. What does it mean to die for beauty?
In “I Died for Beauty,” Dickinson uses this form of metaphor to comment on beauty and truth. The narrative describes the bodies of those who died for beauty and truth being laid to rest in the same tomb, in adjoining rooms.
Q. What is the tone of the story The Apprentice?
Answer: In The Apprentice by Odun Balogun we have the theme of independence, loss, change, acceptance, tradition, connection, freedom, conflict and struggle.
Q. What is the time period of the poem I died alive?
The poem portrays a typical nineteenth-century death-scene, with the onlookers studying the dying countenance for signs of the soul’s fate beyond death, but otherwise the poem seems to avoid the question of immortality.
Q. What is the time period of the Apprentice?
Answer: The period of 1910 to 1935 is generally called the period of apprenticeship or imitation but on the two words, apprenticeship probably describe the situation better.
Q. Why is it called apprenticeship period?
THE APPRENTICESHIP PERIOD. As mentioned earlier, the Emancipation Act (of 1833) stipulated that the slaves would continue to work on the plantations as “apprentices” for a further period of six years if they were field slaves and for four years if they were house slaves.
Q. Is apprentice a permanent job?
Apprentices are trained during their apprenticeship program to immediately get into the role of employees as they are formally trained on the job and certified for a particular industry. Internships could be unpaid, while apprenticeships are paid and often lead to a permanent job.
Q. What was the main aim of the apprenticeship system?
Wherever it was introduced in the British West Indies, apprenticeship had three main aims: it was intended to provide an easy and peaceful transition from slavery to freedom; it sought to guarantee the planters an adequate supply of labour during the period it lasted; and it was expected to train the apprentices for …
Q. What was the apprentice system?
What is the Apprenticeship system? After the abolition of Slavery in 1834, a new system was introduced, called the Apprenticeship System. This was a system through which the freed slaves had to work on the plantations of their ex-masters, as apprentices. This system lasted between the years 1834-1838.
Q. What is the benefit of apprentice?
What are the benefits of apprenticeship training? Apprentices get an opportunity of undergoing ‘on the job’ training and are exposed to real working conditions. They get a chance to work on advanced. machines and equipment’s, industry specific best practices and learn more about their field.
Q. What is apprenticeship in slavery?
The Apprenticeship System is the name applied to the plan instituted in the in- terval between slavery and emancipation to prepare the slaves to assume the duties of freemen.
Q. Who ended slavery in Jamaica?
British
Q. How did slavery end in the Caribbean?
It was not until 1 August 1834 that slavery ended in the British Caribbean following legislation passed the previous year. This was followed by a period of apprenticeship with freedom coming in 1838. Even after the end of slavery and apprenticeship the Caribbean was not totally free.
Q. When did Britain emancipate slaves?
August 1833
