The Destruction of Sennacherib Flashcards

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The destruction of Sennacherib

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  • ‘destruction’ : life reputation authority
  • Metaphorical -troops were decimated the loss of reputation and authority
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The sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea

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  • stars: value, shining, power, awe, beauty
  • Sheen : value and wealth, blinding, visual imagery
  • Simile
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Like the leaves … summer is green
Like the leaves … autumn hath blown

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  • anaphora : weakness, reliance on power of God
  • Symbolic of life, vibrancy and energy, but also deterioration
  • Connotations of disappearance : foreshadowing?
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Cold as the spray of the rock beating surf

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  • Cold : lifelessness
  • Spray: weakness
  • Together show lack of power
  • Simile
  • Repeated sea imagery
  • Connotations of violence
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Has melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!

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  • Melted : metaphor of death, weakness, and surrender
  • Warning of ignorance
  • Snow : shows ease of which power has disappeared, transience
  • Glance: brevity, increase sense of power, lack of effort
  • Exclamative, emphasis, lack of invincibility, limitation of human power, weak in relation to him
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Angel of Death

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Introduction of this biblical character increases the dramatic intensity of the poem, presenting the narrative as almost legendary.

Plosive sounds increase the impact of the Angels appearance presenting it is a powerful and supernatural force

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Semantic field of isolation

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Create a pose in the action of the poem, allows the readers to witness the destruction

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Meter

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The meter is anapestic tetrameter in order to increase the pace, drastically, and influence the reader

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