Babylon the great Flashcards
What type of poem is babylon the great
petrarchan sonnet
What type of rhyme scheme does babylon the great have
imperfect rhyme
“foul”
F is a stressed syllable
“set askew”
steer away from her or her character is warped
“gaze”
voyeuristic tendency of man leads to their downfall
“ill favoured” “mesh”
semantic field of danger
“adept in arts grown old yet ever new”
witchcraft,parennial they do not go away
“her heart lusts not for love”
critical comment by Rossetti that true love does not exist
“wanton hair”
medusa she seduces them and then ruins them
“blood” “wine”
lexical field of red = danger and sex (may be the same thing)
“spotted panther lusts in lair”
aggressive carnivore, simile, sexuality bestial
“cup”
inner morality
“plagues”
biblical allusion story of moses
“gaze not upon her”
imperative repetition
“Gaze not upon her lest thou be as she”
diverts from traditional rhyme scheme of petrarchan sonnet
“dancing whirl” “turns giddy”
hypnotizing, can not think straight
“scarlet vest”
worldly pleasures
“set on fire”
alluding to hell
Where is babylon mentioned in the bible
last book, book of revelation
How was Babylon presented in the old testament
luxury + power but corrupt + godless
What did the people of babylon do
persecuted Christians
