The scene depicts a horrific field of mass destruction imprisoned by cannons on every side being "the valley of death" into which 600 noble soldiers were knowingly riding into. ... Rhyme is used to show that with patriotic heads held high, the six hundred rode courageously forward to their own deaths. ... " Personification is used to present the battle field as a monster that swallows the soldiers as they ride into the valley; "Into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell". ... Owen refers to the Latin phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" meaning i...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ode to a Grecian Urn THOU still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? ... Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold L...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Juno's messenger goes to the dark valley where the gods Morpheus and Eclympasteyr sleep. ... Chaucer has now established himself as well-versed in the Latin literature held in high regard at the time, especially with his references to Ovid and classical mythology. ...

• Word Count: 5753
• Approx Pages: 23
• Grade Level: High School