Common Module (Vesper Song) Flashcards
1
Q
“My cure of souls, My cage of brutes”
A
- Repetition
Implies Ownership
2
Q
“Not Mine, the hand that writes the weal”
“Not Mine, the glory that endures”
A
- Repetition
Delusion in thinking, God wants this
3
Q
“Lord, I have sung with Ceaseless Lips”
A
- Personification
Persistence and Relentless
4
Q
“Are there not Saints in holier skies, who have been scourged to Paradise?”
A
- Rhetorical Question
Biblical allusion, Justifies Marsdens actions
5
Q
“Grant there my be a Heavenly Cat”
A
- Oxymoron
A heavenly toucher (contradiction)
6
Q
“But I, Lord, am Your Humble wretch”
A
- Irony
Arrogant, not humble.
Hasn’t had misfortune, not a wretch
