the destruction of Sennacherib Flashcards
1
Q
what does the word ‘destruction’ in the title of the poem connotate with?
A
‘destruction’ has connotations of violence and the death or down fall of someone or something.
2
Q
who was ‘Sennacherib’?
A
they are the leader of the Assyrians.
3
Q
what techniques are in ‘the Assyrians came down like the wolf on the fold’?
A
animal imagery/predictors.
similes- they are hunting their pray in a pack.
4
Q
what do ‘ purple and gold’ connotate with?
A
rich / royal colours.
5
Q
what quotes represent the cycle of life?
A
‘like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,’
‘like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown,’
6
Q
what kinds of imagery are in this poem?
A
animal imagery
sea imagery
7
Q
what structural techniques are present in the poem?
A
rhyming couplets and end stopping
