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I open my eyes after the chine of the silvery clock and the first thing that hits my eyes is warm sunrays that enter the bedroom through the sparkling lacy blue curtains. The day looks bright and the sun is smiling, curtains rustle in the wind paving way to fresh fragrance from the flowers in the garden. I can hear the birds chirping joyously, in welcome of the bright day. It is six in the morning, almost an hour before the normal waking up time. I turn around between the six pillows that are assorted with pleasant shades of blue and the dyer fragrance of the fuzzy light blue blanket seems to whisper a gentle ‘good morning’. It is a good morning after all, a perfect time to begin the day with peace and serenity. I wake up strong, as happy as a king, filled to the brim with satisfaction and energy to face the day ahead.

The evening is windy and chilly. As I head home after the day’s work, clouds are gathering and the sky is quickly turning grey, the wind bites my hands as I make way to my bedroom. When I open the door and turn on the lights, the air is stuffy and mixed with different odors. I march asleep across to open the window, through a heap of books strewn on the grayish floor. Outside, the trees sway aggressively against the wind, as though in protest of the inherent harshness. I smell the wet earth and feel the drizzle of the rain on my hands. The bed is unmade and torn blankets thrown across it, exposing the black metallic bed and dusty pillows. I turn on the television set and the news forecast a gloomy and stormy weather for the rest of the week. I search desperately for my science notebook, knowing I have a retake examination tomorrow morning; feelings of bitter hatred engulf my heart.

The preceding essays utilize a host of rhetoric devices that seek to evoke relevant responses from the audience. To begin with, the choice of words plays a critical role in developing the mood of each. For instance, the words silvery, assorted, fuzzy and sparkling enhance a feeling of prestige while dusty, metallic bed and torn suggest poverty. The ‘warm rays’ suggest feeling of satisfaction while ‘windy and chilly’ and the biting wind imply some intrinsic struggle. The birds have been personified in the first essay as chirping joyously to imply happiness in the first essay while the personification of the trees in the second essay indicate some degree of dissatisfaction and discontent with the current weather conditions. Further, the ‘gloomy’ weather in the second essay indicates negative implications are bound to stem from the harsh weather. While the blanket in the second essay is torn and uninviting, the blanket in the first essay whispers a gentle good morning.

Similes and metaphors have also been employed in the essay for varied reasons. Happiness in the first essay is compared to that of a king. This indicates that it is a highest degree of happiness that an individual can experience. Hatred in the second essay is considered to be bitter, which shows that it is immense. In addition, the second essay utilizes irony ‘march asleep’ to imply that the persona is confused and tired. In contrast, the word good morning is repeated in the first essay to show how the persona is fascinated and satisfied by the morning conditions. This is exemplified when s/he takes certain steps progressively, like praying before getting out of bed.

These essays clearly manifest the impacts of the weather conditions to the mood of an individual. Previous studies have cited that the mood of a person and the ultimate activities are usually influenced by the weather conditions. To some individuals, this is true and the gloomy weather conditions tend to impact negatively on their respective performance. On the other hand, a bright weather encourages activity and enhances quality performance. In the second essay for instance, the gloomy weather could have contributed to the inherent confusion, feelings of tiredness and ultimate failure in examinations of the persona. Notably, the persona in the first essay acknowledges feelings of strength and satisfaction.