Friday, 18 December 2015

"The Fall of the House of Usher"

Find two "anaphora" starting with "u" and "w" in the story.

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  1. I find page 4 : " I looked upon the scene before me_upon the mere housse , and the simple landscape features of the domain_upon the bleak walls_upon a few rank sedges_and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees" (anaphora starting with "U").

    And "What was it_I paused to think_What was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher ?" (anaphora starting with "w")

    Johanna
    ESTEVEZ
    TL2

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  2. In this novel there are a lot of figures of speech including anaphoras. For example, at the beginning of the novel we can see an anaphora starting with "u" : "upon the scene before me-upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain-upon the bleak walls-upon the vacant eye-like windows-upon a few rank sedges-and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees" and an anaphora starting with "w" a few pages later : "while the objects around me-while the carvings of the ceilings (...)-while I hesitated not to acknowledge how familiar was all this".

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  3. The anaphora starting with "u" is "under the"
    The anaphora starting with "w" is "while the"

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  4. I found an anaphora in "u" page 4 : "I looked upon the scene before me-upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain-upon the bleak walls-upona few rank sedges-and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees" and an anaphora in "w" page 4 : "What was it- I paused to think-what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher ?"

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  5. FIRST ANAPHORA WITH "U": " "I looked upon the scene before me–"upon the" mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain–"upon the" bleak walls–"upon the" vacant eye-like windows–"upon a" few rank sedges–and "upon a" few white trunks of decayed trees {...}" (p.4)

    SECOND ANAPHORA WITH "W": " "While the" objects around me–"while the" carvings of the ceilings, the sombre tapestries of the walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to which, or to such as which, I had been accustomed from my infancy–"while" I hesitated not to acknowledge how familiar was all this — I still wondered to find how unfamiliar were the fancies which ordinary images were stirring up. {...}" (p.10)

    There is also another one with "M": " "Many" minutes, "many" hours, "many" days, have I heard it {...}" (p.38)

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  6. We can find an anaphora starting with "u" on page four at line four to six : "Upon the bleak walls -- upon the vacant eye-like windows -- upon a few rank sedges -- and upon a few white trunks" and we can find an anaphora starting with "w" on page ten at line four to twelve : "While the objects around me -- while the carvings of the ceilings, the sombre tapestries of the walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to which, or to such as which, I had been accustomed from my infancy -- while I hesitated not to acknowledge how familiar was all this"
    Thomas Pacaud, TL1.

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  7. Anaphora in W : " What was it (...) what was it that so unnerved me " ( p.4 ) " A small portion which should lie within the compass of merely written words ( p.19 )
    Exemples from anaphora in U : " a faint blush upon " ( p.28 ) " the impetuous fury of the entering gust nearly lifted us from our feet " (p.31)

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  8. Exemples from anaphora in W : " What was it (...) what was it that so unnerved me " ( p.4 ) " A small portion which should lie within the compass of merely written words ( p.19 )
    Exemples from anaphora in U : " a faint blush upon " ( p.28 ) " the impetuous fury of the entering gust nearly lifted us from our feet " ( p.31 )

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  9. Anaphora with "u" -->
    "I looked Upon the scene before me–Upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain–Upon the bleak walls–upon the vacant eye-like windows–Upon a few rank sedges–and Upon a few white trunks of decayed trees"

    Anaphora with "w" -->
    "While the objects around me–While the carvings of the ceilings, the sombre tapestries of the walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to which, or to such as which, I had been accustomed from my infancy–While I hesitated not to acknowledge how familiar was all this — I still wondered to find how unfamiliar were the fancies which ordinary images were stirring up."

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  10. An anaphora is a repetition of words or phrases within one same paragraph in order to balance out the narration. In the Book " the fall of the House of Usher" i found :

    Anaphora in "U" :

    I looked Upon the scene before me– Upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain – Upon the bleak walls- Upon the vacant eye-like windows/

    Upon a few rank sedges–and Upon a few white trunks of decayed trees

    Anaphora in "W":

    While theobjects around me- While the carvings of the ceilings, the sombre tapestries of the walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to which, or to such as which, I had been accustomed from my infancy- While I hesitated not to acknowledge how familiar was all this -I still wondered to find how unfamiliar were the fancies which ordinary images were stirring up.

    Juliette Valero TL1

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  11. First anaphora with "u": ""upon" the scene before me-- "upon" the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain-"upon" the bleak walls-upon the vacant eye-like windows-- "upon" a few rank sedges " (page 4)
    Second anaphora with "w": ""Who" entereth herein, a conqueror hath bin;
    "Who" slayeth the dragon, the shield he shall win;"
    (page 35)

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  12. The author used a lot of figures of speech to write this story including anaphoras.
    The anaphora starting with "u" is at the begining of the novel : "upon the scene before me_ upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain_ upon the bleak walls_ upon the vacant eye-like windows_ upon a few rank sedges"
    The second anaphora starting with the letter "w" is :" "While the objects around me_ while the carvings of the ceilings, the sombre tapestries of the walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to which, or to such as which, I had been accustomed from my infancy_ while I hesitated not to acknowledge how familiar was all this_ I still wondered to find how unfamiliar were the fancies which ordinary images were stirring up."

    Ayache Thaïs TL2

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  13. Chloe-Bari-Levy, TL2

    An anaphora is a figure of speech which consists in taking the same word, or different words which start by the same letter, at the beginning of several sentences.
    In the Fall of the house of Usher, a short story published in 1839 by Edgar Allan Poe, an American novelist, we can find two main anaphoras in u and w which I'm going to list.
    First, at the very beginning of the book, there is an anaphora starting with u, with the word Upon:
    "Upon the scene before me- Upon the mere house, [...] - Upon the bleak walls-upon the vacant eye-like windows - Upon a few rank sedges"
    Then, we can find an anaphora -against others -starting with w with the word while, further in the book :
    "While the objects around me - While the carvings of the ceilings (...) - While I hesitated not to acknowledge how familiar was all this."

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  14. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs. In the book "The Fall of the House of Usher" I found :

    First anaphora starting with "u" (page 4) :

    "I looked Upon the scene before me – Upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain – Upon the bleak walls – upon the vacant eye-like windows – Upon a few rank sedges – and Upon a few white trunks of decayed trees"

    Second anaphora starting with "w" (page 10) :

    " "While the" objects around me – "while the" carvings of the ceilings, the sombre tapestries of the walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to which, or to such as which, I had been accustomed from my infancy – "while" I hesitated not to acknowledge how familiar was all this — I still wondered to find how unfamiliar were the fancies which ordinary images were stirring up."

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  15. There is an anaphore with "u" (page 4): " I looked upon the scene before me_upon the mere housse , and the simple landscape features of the domain_upon the bleak walls_upon a few rank sedges_and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees". There is also an anaphore with "w" (page 35): "Who" entereth herein, a conqueror hath bin;
    "Who" slayeth the dragon, the shield he shall win;"

    Amandine SOUCHERE TL2

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  16. There is an anaphore with "u" (page 4): " I looked upon the scene before me_upon the mere housse , and the simple landscape features of the domain_upon the bleak walls_upon a few rank sedges_and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees". There is also an anaphore with "w" (page 35): "Who" entereth herein, a conqueror hath bin;
    "Who" slayeth the dragon, the shield he shall win;"

    Amandine SOUCHERE TL2

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  17. There is an anaphore with "u" (page 4): " I looked upon the scene before me_upon the mere housse , and the simple landscape features of the domain_upon the bleak walls_upon a few rank sedges_and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees". There is also an anaphore with "w" (page 35): "Who" entereth herein, a conqueror hath bin;
    "Who" slayeth the dragon, the shield he shall win;"

    Amandine SOUCHERE TL2

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  18. We can found both anaphora on page four:
    Anaphora with "U":"I looked upon the scene before me–upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain–upon the bleak walls–upon the vacant eye-like windows–upon a few rank sedges–and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees"
    Anaphora with "W": "What was it (...) what was it that so unnerved me"

    Aminata REICHENAUER TL1

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