What are some examples of connotation in poetry?

Answer 1

Home- the denotation of the word "home" is where someone lives, the connotation of home, on the other hand is a warm place where you feel safe and loved. "Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts." -Oliver Wendell Holmes. This quote shows the connotation of home.

Answer 2

"Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me" - in this line from T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," the connotation of "softly" evokes a sense of intimacy and tenderness in contrast to the darker themes of the poem. "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter" - John Keats uses the connotation of "unheard" to suggest that imagination and anticipation can create a more intense emotional experience.

Answer 3

the associated or secondary meaning of a word orexpression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: Apossible connotation of "home" is "a place of warmth,comfort, and affection."

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Answer 4

Connotation. The emotional or cultural meaning attached to a word. Examples: The words home, house, residence and dwelling all have the same denotation, but the connotation of each word is very different.

Answer 5

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "The Eagle"

Emily Dickinson's "There is no frigate like a book"

Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz"

Answer 6

well a common metaphore or simile could be counted as imagery... "falling like whale"... could suggest natural imagery...

Answer 7

It is when words that mean the same thing, either shine a more negative or positive light on the same meaning. For example "determined" would be a more positive connotation of "stubborn".