Alexander Pope has long been considered one of the greatest satirists that English literary tradition has ever seen. ... The ensuing rift between the two prominent aristocratic families caused a mutual acquaintance to approach Pope, with a view to healing the estrangement with the production of a humorous poem. ... Pope tells us that with the aid of certain devices he will explore this theme, and it is at this point that we become acquainted with the "machinery" of the poem. ... This is only one of many striking examples of Pope's use of bathos as a device to aid his satire. ... Th...

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• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The poem consist of three six-line stanzas in which a description of the woman's beauty of a woman is prominent. ... Within the poem written by Lord Byron "She Walks in Beauty" there are many different poetic devices. ... There are also many poetic devices like alliteration , simile and internal rhyme shown throughout the poem. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In lines 1-2, Duffy presents somewhat of a literary crescendo. ... The device could be interpreted to reaffirm the preceding line that "[he/she] [is] everywhere", even in the hollow spaces that are interwoven in the poem. ... Duffy is world-renowned for her skilful intermeshing of intertextuality in her literary works, and, in this specific poem, we can assume that she alludes to Vincent Van Gogh's painting: "Starry Night". ... The concept of a dream is also a prominent theme in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and is linked to the strange and dreamli...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate