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The Elysian Muse

Youth literary magazine

The Elysian Muse

Youth literary magazine

The Elysian Muse

Photography by Silja Pietilä, 18, Finland

Photography by Safia Henniche, 16, Boston

Photography by Safia Henniche, 16, Boston

Dear Readers and Contributors,

 

I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank you all for the continuous love and support, especially through the pandemic. In just under 6 months, we’ve come so far; the magazine has been featured on Publish YOUth Writing and Poets & Writers, and the editorial team reached a whooping milestone of 100+ Advice Articles written! As we continue grow our global outreach, we’ve published over 280 creators from 25 U.S. States, 25 countries, and 6 continents across the world! 

 

It’s been a pleasure growing this community over the past three years, so I know I speak for the entire editorial board when I say we hold this magazine and our contributors close to our hearts. It takes a tremendous amount of research and effort to manage the magazine, which is why we're so thankful for all of your support. We encourage you to share our publications and Advice Articles to help our other young creators who may be interested in pursuing their craft.

 

Cheers,

Lori Khadse

Founder, Nonfiction Editor in Chief

The Elysian Muse Youth Literary Magazine

Dear Readers and Contributors,

 

I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank you all for the continuous love and support, especially through the pandemic. In just under 6 months, we’ve come so far; the magazine has been featured on Publish YOUth Writing and Poets & Writers, and the editorial team reached a whooping milestone of 100+ Advice Articles written! As we continue grow our global outreach, we’ve published over 280 creators from 25 U.S. States, 25 countries, and 6 continents across the world! 

 

It’s been a pleasure growing this community over the past three years, so I know I speak for the entire editorial board when I say we hold this magazine and our contributors close to our hearts. It takes a tremendous amount of research and effort to manage the magazine, which is why we're so thankful for all of your support. We encourage you to share our publications and Advice Articles to help our other young creators who may be interested in pursuing their craft.

 

Cheers,

Lori Khadse

Founder, Nonfiction Editor in Chief

The Elysian Muse Youth Literary Magazine

Photography by Safia Henniche, 16, Boston

Editors' Choice Works

 

The Effect of Diction

Written by Anon

 

Explain the simile or metaphor in the passages, its effect or impression on the reader, the diction of the passage, and the effect the diction has on its power

 

“A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them” (Hawthorne 52)

Nathaniel Hawthorne in his novel, The Scarlet Letter, uses similes and diction to further express principal ideas. After returning from his time with the Native Americans near the settlement, “a writhing horror twisted itself across [Roger Chillingworth’s] features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them”  as he discovers his wife wearing a scarlet letter and being put on display in the marketplace (52). The simile of a serpent on Chillingworth’s face describes the overall motion and negative change his features go through by comparing the change in his expression to the movement of a snake’s body. The reader is able to feel unease through the description as snakes are often associated with the Devil, and the overall account creates an effect that foreshadows the hellish persona Chillingworth adapts later in the novel. The connotations of the words “writhing” and “twisted”, which both possess a similar meaning of curling or flexing motion, show the negative and horrific change Chillingworth’s face goes through, further adding to the satanic air he gains as he embroils himself deeper into finding Hester’s lover. As this experience is the first time the reader is introduced to this character, it allows them to understand the largely antagonistic role Chillingworth plays in the novel later, and the overall thematic idea of vice and virtue, and the human tendency to succumb to sin.