The Destruction of Sennacrib Flashcards
“The Destruction of Sennacherib” suggests?
Disaster.
Violence.
Death.
Who is “The Assyrian”?
The commander.
“Wolf on the fold”
Animal imagery.
“Purple and gold” are what colours?
Royal action colours.
“Sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea”
Sibilance.
Impressive army with their powerful weapons.
“Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green” suggests what?
Army is compared to nature.
Killing and destruction is natural to them.
“The host on the morrow lay wither’d and strown” is what?
Simile.
Contrast the living and the dying.
The repetition of “And” highlights what?
Incessant nature of war.
“Angle of Death spread his wings on the blast” means what?
Fierce soldiers killed everything in sight.
“And there lay the rider distorted and pale”
In pain.
Death.
“And the tents were all silent, the banners alone”
Highlights futility of poem.
“The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown”
Unceremonious.
“Ashur”
Assyrians capital.
“Wail”
Women left behind mourning death of their husbands.
“Gentile”
Respect.
Good manners.
