Identify and define 2 different rhetorical figure in the poem The Good Morrow and explain them
There are lots of use of rhetorical figures in the poem Good morrow .Two are explained
Allusion: Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
- Lines 4, 5: “ or snorted we in the seven sleepers' den? The poet alludes to the legend of “The Seven Sleepers” that narrate how a group of Christian children who in spite of being buried alive by the Roman emperor, Decius, were found sleeping when the entrance was opened 187 years later.
- Lines 17, 18 : Where we can find two better hemisphere: The poet here alludes to the concept of Aristophanes that held that humans originally being both males and females were shaped like globes. It was only when they were punished by the Gods for their daring disobedience that they were separated. Consequently, there is an inevitable longing of one-half for the other.
Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- Line 23: But sucked on country’s ppleasure.The phase before falling in love is compared to childhood
- Line 8: now good morrow to our waking souls Acknowledgement of their passion endows their souls a reawakening or a “good morrow” that enables them to find eternal bliss in each other. Thus, the title acts as a metaphor of the whole poem.
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