Epitaph On A Tryrant Flashcards
(12 cards)
What is the poem called?
Epitaph on a tyrant
Who is the poet?
W.H. Auden
What is a tyrant?
A kind of dictator
In what lines is imagery found?
When he cried the little children died in the streets
What kind of imagery?
Dark
What is an example of irony?
Perfection of a kind
Wat is the theme?
Fascism, Tyranny
What is the tone?
Cynical, intense sinister
What is an example of a metaphor? What’s it for?
The poetry he invented was easy to understand. It’s for propaganda
What’s an example of a simile?
He knew human folly like the back of his hand
What’s an example of symbolisation?
He was greatly interested in armies and fleets represents he was violent at nature
What’s an example of juxtaposition
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, and when he cried, little children died in the streets
