French

French

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  • Date Submitted: 01/12/2009 6:03 PM
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• “angles of rain and lightning” further implies a magical atmosphere of supernatural powers, moreover, the use of the word “angel” possibly shows the poet’s positive infatuation with what’s taking place .

• “blue surface of thine airy surge” basically a reference to the sky, the use of the word “surge” further builds the chaotic image.

• The simile yet again personifies an aspect of nature, using the word “bright” to refer to the lightning. The simile as a whole delivers a picture of a Maenad’s hair “streaming out and up into the air, likened to the water raised by waterspouts.

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• Juxtaposition between “bright” lightning and “dim verge of the horizon”, the poet includes a metaphor to the simile, stating that the locks of the Maenad are the approaching storm. Also, the poet starts slowing down the pace at this point, bringing magnitude to his description.

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• The poet builds on the image of the dying year by describing the hectic night as it’s “dirge”, a rather odd usage in this context, used to show that the storm has associations with death and darkness.

• The poet pictures the described night as the “dome” or “vault” of the vast “sepulchre” or tomb that was “congregated” with all of its stormy power. This picture highly emphasizes the muscle and might of the west wind (it encompassed the whole year).

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• The final rhyming couplet delivers contrast between “vapours” and “solid”, illustrating the poet’s sudden change of perspective towards the storm. The poet suddenly creates bathos by exalting the storm, and then bringing it down to the banal by suggesting that although the...

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