PERCY SHELLEY: The cold earth slept below Flashcards
1
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‘below above’
A
chiasmus
prepositions next to each other, religious connotations of heaven and hell
2
Q
‘all around’
A
increasing use of prepositions entrapment
3
Q
‘chilling sound’
A
synaesthesia landscapes have their own presence
4
Q
‘sinking moon’
A
only source of light in barren space disappearing, blackness will consume
5
Q
‘green grass’
A
alliteration, life attempting to combat, fight again consumption of blackness
6
Q
‘the moon made thy lips pale’
A
separating body parts, disjointed and fractured
7
Q
‘naked sky’
A
affirms brutality, nothing to protect humans
