Literary Analysis "the Bride Comes To Yellow Sky" By Stephen Crane

Literary Analysis "the Bride Comes To Yellow Sky" By Stephen Crane

The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
  The extract under consideration comes from a short stroy   “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” written by Stephen Crane, American novelist, poet and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.
The basic theme in this extract is social classification under –class couple travels in luxurious parlor-car. From the point of view of presentation the text is rather a description than a narration with some insertion of direct speech, the third person narrative.
The plot is simple.
The setting of events is realistic.
The span of time the extract covers is the end of 19-th century.
The sentence structure is predominantly composite.
The tone of the text is formal.
There is a direct characterization of the landscape-image which is achieved with a number of stylistic device as:
- Metaphor-the plains of Texas were pouring;
- Epithet-light and tender trees.
The image of husband is conveyed with such stylistic devices:
- Metonymy-face was reddened in the wind and sun.
- Similie-he sat like a man waiting in a barbers shop.
- Metaphors-hands were performing; he had the pride of an owner, he stared with a frown of attention.  
There no a lot of descriptions of the image of bride, but there are some stylistic devices which convey it:
- Paraphrase –The bride was not pretty
- Epithet-placid, emotionless; sky and clumsy coquetry.
- Synecdoche- under-class countenance.
Similie-the wood that gleamed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil-gives us description of interior in this parlor-car
The attitude of surroundings to this couple the author gives us with the use of such stylistic devices:
- Metaphor-covered them with stares of derisive enjoyment.
- Synecdoche-under-class countenance.
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