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The first rhetorical trope used in this poem is personification. The...

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:45:38 PST

The first rhetorical trope used in this poem is personification. The narrator directly addresses Penshurst. This heightens the importance of the estate, suggesting it has an identity and animating spirit. The second rhetorical technique is repeated classical allusions. This continues the process of heightening the importance of Penshurst, this time through linking it to mythic gods and forces. Repetition and assonance are used, to enhance the...

Wow. That's a huge question. It is essentially asking about the nature...

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:17:21 PST

Wow. That's a huge question. It is essentially asking about the nature of poetic language. As such, it calls for generalities. Poets use these special forms of language for several reasons: tradition, intensity, and connotation. In this case, the allusions anchor the poem in a classical tradition ("Thy mount, to which thy Dryads do resort,/ Where Pan and Bacchus their high feasts have made"). This is part of the general function...

What implication do the metaphors, imagery, and allusions (rhetorical...

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 13:49:27 PST

What implication do the metaphors, imagery, and allusions (rhetorical figures) have within this poem? And why do poets use rhetorical figures?

What are the significant rhetorical figures used in "To...

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:27:59 PST

What are the significant rhetorical figures used in "To Penshurst" and what are the uses for such? What do they mean and imply?

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Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:21:50 PST

There are many rhetorical figures present within this poem that is important to understand the true nature of the poem, and it can be related to Layner's "Description of Cookeham", and also to "Upon Appleton House" by Andrew Marvell.

What are the relationships between Marvel's and Johnson's poem through rhetorical figures, architecture and nature?

This is not an easy poem to explicate. I won't list all of the poetic...

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:55:08 PST

This is not an easy poem to explicate. I won't list all of the poetic devices Jonson uses, but here are a few examples to get you started.allusion: there are several references to characters from Greek mythology, such as dryads, Bacchus, Pan, the Muses, satyrs, fauns, etc.alliteration: in lines 12 and 13 there are the "broad breech" and "taller tree"; in lines 28 and 29 we find "purpled pheasant" and "painted...

What are the poetic devices used in the poem "To Penshurst" by...

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:24:05 PST

What are the poetic devices used in the poem "To Penshurst" by Ben Jonson?