The use of allusion and inter-textuality are further features that Yeats employs in his works to reflect his response to the inevitability of change in a modern world. ... This recognition is particularly evident in his allusion to the Celtic myth, "The Children of Lir" in his poem "The Wild Swan at Coole". ... The biblical allusion to the "blood-dimmed tide" from Revelations also serves to describe the horrors of WWI. Hybridity of such allusions is also employed in the evocation of the "Spiritus Mundi" which conflates the traditional Christian notion of...

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The biblical allusion creates a visual image of the duration of his affection. ... " Marvell uses mythical allusion to represent an abstract of his idea of time as he reiterates the bliss they would experience if they simply seized the day; reveling in what time they had left by pursuing the consummation of their marriage. ... "Which, stretcht upright, impales me so" Through the use of religious allusion the composer refers to the image of the crucifixion of Jesus. ... A body that could never rest" this paradox is once again referring to the same idea of death and purgator...

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Maya Angelou is a well-recognized American author, primarily from the period of the Civil Rights Movement, where she participated as an activist. According to Richard, Angelou was born in 1928 and died in 2004 (84). Throughout she had a long career that included different works from poetry, screenpl...

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Cummings uses such literary devices as symbolism, imagery, allusion, and syntax to show that the speaker of the poem has just experienced a rebirth.The speaker is thanking God for allowing him to see life in a new light and to be reborn again for a fresh start.By using these various literary devices, Cummings is able to show the extreme gratefulness the speaker in the poem feels because he has found a new outlook on life. ... Relating to the religious theme of spiritual resurrectionis the allusion to Jesus Christ in line six.The sun in "and this is the sun's birthday- can be seen ...

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• Grade Level: High School