The Destruction of Sennacherib Flashcards
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The destruction of Sennacherib
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- ‘destruction’ : life reputation authority
- Metaphorical -troops were decimated the loss of reputation and authority
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The sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea
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- stars: value, shining, power, awe, beauty
- Sheen : value and wealth, blinding, visual imagery
- Simile
3
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Like the leaves … summer is green
Like the leaves … autumn hath blown
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- anaphora : weakness, reliance on power of God
- Symbolic of life, vibrancy and energy, but also deterioration
- Connotations of disappearance : foreshadowing?
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Cold as the spray of the rock beating surf
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- Cold : lifelessness
- Spray: weakness
- Together show lack of power
- Simile
- Repeated sea imagery
- Connotations of violence
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Has melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
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- Melted : metaphor of death, weakness, and surrender
- Warning of ignorance
- Snow : shows ease of which power has disappeared, transience
- Glance: brevity, increase sense of power, lack of effort
- Exclamative, emphasis, lack of invincibility, limitation of human power, weak in relation to him
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Angel of Death
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Introduction of this biblical character increases the dramatic intensity of the poem, presenting the narrative as almost legendary.
Plosive sounds increase the impact of the Angels appearance presenting it is a powerful and supernatural force
7
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Semantic field of isolation
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Create a pose in the action of the poem, allows the readers to witness the destruction
8
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Meter
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The meter is anapestic tetrameter in order to increase the pace, drastically, and influence the reader
