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Critical Review of jhon henry

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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Critical Review of John Henry

by Nana Bawuah 
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Dialect "Mood:cold an mournful"

  • Examples of dialect in John Henry were
  • "Lawd, Lawd" pg 1045-1048
  • "Cap'n"pg 1045
  • "Lil woman" pg 1045
  • "Sun shine hot an' burning"
  • "All these womens in the wes"
  • "Jhon Henry tol' his captain"
  • "Cap'n, bet yo as,red cent on me."
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Hyperbole "Mood:Confusing and hostile"

  • Examples of hyperboles in john henry were
  • "I'd hammer my fool self to death"
  • "An' his intrels fell on the groun"
  • "Lightinin was in his eye"

Similie "Mood:anxious"

  • The examples of similes in john Henry are:
  • "Polly An drove steel like a man"
  • "An' you cain' drive steel like me"
  • "Sweat ran down like water down a hill"
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Idiom "Mood: Interested"

  • An idiom in john henry was
  • "Fo i'll beat it to the bottom or ill die"

Reppetition "Mood:Annoyed"

  • Examples of repetition in John Henry were:
  • "Lawd, Lawd, i'll beat it to the bottom or i'll die"
  • "lawd, lawd, tommorow'll be yo burying day'
  • "Lawd, Lawd, goin' where John Henry fell dead
  • At the end of each stanza the author uses the phrase "Lawd, Lawd" due to his writing structure
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Alliteration "Mood:Depressed"

  • Examples of Alliteration in Jhon Henry was:
  • "Lawd, Lawd, ill beat it to the bottom or ill die"Pg 1046
  • "Fo ill beat it to the bottom or i'll die."Pg 1046
  • "Lawd, Lawd, that he lied down his hammer an' he cried"Pg 1046
  • "Lawd, Lawd, ain' nothing but my hammer suckin' win"Pg 104
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Personification "Mood:amused"

  • Examples of personification in Jhon Henry were
  • "Before I'd let this steam drill beat me down"Pg 1046
  • "Yo' drill's done broke an' yo hole's done choke"Pg 1047
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Oral Traditions "Mood:Interested"

  • The author uses various oral traditions such as
  • The Dialect/ pronunciation of words in the folktale.
  • The use of "Lawd, Lawd" at the end of every stanza shows that the author was most likely christian.
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Conclusion

  • All of these types of figurative language affected the tone by making it start off with a serious tone then closer to the end it becomes a sad and depressing tone. The meaning by using the different techniques to convey the authors message. And the mood by making the reader have diverse attitudes towards the plot.
  • ( Also John Henry was written by an unknown author)
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