Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie. Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,Īnd soonest our best men with thee doe goe, Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,įor, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow,ĭie not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.įrom rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee, For example, John Donne directly addresses death in his poem “Holy Sonnet 10” also known as “Death Be Not Proud”:ĭeath be not proud, though some have callèd thee Thou reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I,Ī direct address in poems can also be to an inanimate object. Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why For example, Walt Whitman referenced strangers and readers in these two excerpts from Leaves of Grass: The person can be an actual person’s name or it can be a common noun in reference to a specific type of person. Notice the biblical reference to the magi (wise men) who followed the star to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus.Ī direct address may be a person, who is referenced in the poem. Eliot’s poem “The Journey of the Magi” is read:
The allusion is intentionally placed in a piece of writing by the writer, and the writer assumes that the readers will know and understand the allusion.ĭifferent types of allusions exist: Biblical, historical, literary allusions–to name a few. An allusion is a reference to something or someone in history.
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