"To let someone go"- This means a fellow work colleague has been fired or a break up in a relationship. This euphimistic phrase is commonly used when talking to someone in a conversation to de-intensify the severity of the incident.
"Friendly fire"- This means that allied forces have killed one another or badly injured their allies. This is mainly used in news reports as it hides the carelessness of those involved. The euphemism makes the incident seem like a total accident and not a misscalculation. This enables for the reputation of the armed forces to remain intact. The adverb friendly conveys an accident, that what has happened has not been commited out of spite but as a lightheartedness.
"Senior Citizen"- This euphemism is another term for describing the elderly. This could be used in a political speech as it gives the older generation a sense of belonging. By calling them senior, gives the impression they have an importance in the society that the politician is looking to create.
Poem analysis-
This is a poem about a peach,
Who was juicy, ripe and fresh
It found its way to a beach
as it escpaed its netted mesh
In the sand it rolled about
having lots of fun and glee
before a sniffing snout picked him out,
and found its way back to me
In the poem I have used an A B A B rhyme scheme, I decided to use this as it makes the read of the poem flow with ease and as the target audience was a childrens poem, i didnt want to make the read too complicated. This was helped through my use of basic vocabulary which consisted of mainly monosyballic terms. Another technique I used to enhance the flow was by using the same number of words within each line. Each line consisted of between 6-7 words which all sounded similar, this is an example of assonance. Within the 2nd stanza of the poem 3rd line down, I used sibilance with "sniffing snout" this was to give the reader the sense that they could hear the sound of the sniffing.
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