The Destruction Of Sennacherib Flashcards
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Context of the poem.
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The Destruction of Sennacherib is a short narrative poem retelling a Biblical story from the Old Testament (2 Kings, chapter 19) in which God destroys King Sennacherib’s Assyrian army as they attack the holy city of Jerusalem.
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Name quotes that present religiousness
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“For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,”
“Hath melted like snow in the glance of the lord!”
3
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Name quotes that present the Assyrians as predators
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“The Assyrian come down like the wolf on the fold”
“And the sheen of their spears is like stars on the sea”
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Name quotes that present a distorted reality
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“And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide”
“And there lay the rider distorted and pale”
