Getting this out in the open: I really did not understand a lot of what was happening in this iambic pentameter, mini-epic poem. I did, however, recognize this...
IMAGERY. LOTS AND LOTS OF IMAGERY.
Pope does a very good job of showing the reader a mental image of what he is describing. He uses other literary devices, like personification, to achieve this. "The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray," is an example of this personified imagery (line 20, Canto III). As Pope writes an exaggerated narrative of Belinda, the most beautiful woman any creature has ever laid eyes on, he creates a tone of adoration and an image of lustful gazes and actions in order to display her beauty in words as "ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone" (line 6, Cantos II). Throughout the whole first half of the piece, many times were there stops to describe the scene of the Sylphs and Nymphs and Gnomes. Pope's use of imagery created an inclusive atmosphere in which one could see themselves in the presence of his characters, meaning that his work achieved the goal he was attempting.
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IMAGERY. LOTS AND LOTS OF IMAGERY.
Pope does a very good job of showing the reader a mental image of what he is describing. He uses other literary devices, like personification, to achieve this. "The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray," is an example of this personified imagery (line 20, Canto III). As Pope writes an exaggerated narrative of Belinda, the most beautiful woman any creature has ever laid eyes on, he creates a tone of adoration and an image of lustful gazes and actions in order to display her beauty in words as "ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone" (line 6, Cantos II). Throughout the whole first half of the piece, many times were there stops to describe the scene of the Sylphs and Nymphs and Gnomes. Pope's use of imagery created an inclusive atmosphere in which one could see themselves in the presence of his characters, meaning that his work achieved the goal he was attempting.
P.S. I commented on Caroline and Drew's posts
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