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.
“And the windows of Ashur are loud in their wail” contrasts to what?
Silence of the defeated army.
“Hath melted like snow in the glance of the lord!” is what?
Simile.
Their power is nothing to the power of God.
The events are in ______ _____.
Chronological order.
How many lines per stanza?
4.
What is the rhyme scheme?
AABB rhyming couplets.
What kinds of imagery is evident?
Animal.
Violent.
What kind of person narration is evident?
3rd person narration.
What kind of poem is it?
Narrative poem.
Telling biblical story.
Biblical story from the ___ _____
Old testement.
Who did the king of Assyrian army attack?
Holy city of Jerusalem.
What does the poem overall focus on?
Power of God.
Human power is no match compared to…
God.
