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This document discusses the literary elements of allegory and allusion. It defines allegory as a story that can be read symbolically to convey a deeper meaning. Allegory provides two meanings to a poem - a surface meaning and a symbolic meaning that conveys the true message. Allusion is defined as a reference to something assumed to be known, like historical events or other works of literature. The main function of allusion is to use references that readers will understand to portray complex concepts simply.
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Archetypal Literary Criticism Essay
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After this week, you should be able to...
· Define imagery as it relates to literature
· Recognize imagery in poetry
· Explain symbolism in poetry
· Differentiate between natural and conventional symbolism
· Practice college-level writing with appropriate focus, development, organization, and mechanics
· Practice college-level research & citation
What is imagery?
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When you consider the term imagery, you might only think of images that you perceive with your eyes. However, the literary term refers to words and phrases (often figurative language) that appeal to the five senses:
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1. Taste
2. Smell
3. Touch
4. Sight
5. Hearing
An Example in Poetry Let us consider for a moment how powerful sensory detail can be in a poem… how imagery can convey much more than physical sensations, but can reveal a flood of emotional associations. Consider this example, where a comb initially conveys a sense of touch:
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The piercing chill I feel:
my dead wife's comb, in our bedroom,
under my heel. . .
Buson could have made the entire poem more ghostly and abstract in order to to convey a sense of loss. In fact, the piercing chill in the first line and title are quite generic. We know what cold feels like and we have experienced pain, so we understand this chill to be a cold that pierces (not literally), but one that goes beyond the surface and perhaps wounds him internally. It is familiar: there are many instances in the human effort to communicate negative emotion when cold and pain are used together.
These last lines,
my dead wife's comb, in our bedroom,
under my heel. . .
are what really make this poem worthy of being called a poem. They take the familiar ambiguity of the first lines and transport us to a unique image that amplifies the emotion being expressed in these words. The reader’s journey through the poem’s familiar language is disrupted by a more concrete object: the “dead wife’s comb,” much in the same way that speaker’s journey through the bedroom is disrupted when he encounters the object under his foot. We almost experience the same type of surprise that the speaker experiences by stepping on the comb!
Furthermore, the comb is loaded with potential associations that help us identify what the speaker is feeling or precisely how he is “chilled.” This is an object that once passed through his living wife’s hair. It is a reminder of the life that is now gone-- of the movement of his wife’s hand as it guided the comb.
The “heel” is of course the other part of the image. The speaker doesn’t merely see or pick up the comb, but he steps on it before he otherwise notices it. This might say something about the speaker’s disposition. He is perhaps either numb or beginning to distance himself from the loss. If nothing else, this object takes him by surprise, the way the full comprehension of loss is surprising. The comb also has the effect of “piercing” him in a more literal sense. .
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- 1. Intro to Literature The Basic Elements Of Poetry (Allegory and Allusion) Presented By Ratna Sari 11101311043
- 2. Allegory What is allegory? An allegory is a whole world of symbols. An allegory tells a story that can be read symbolically. Allegory is an extended metaphor.
- 3. Function of Allegory The function of allegory in poetry is to provide two meanings to a poem. The first meaning is obvious and represents the main theme of the verse; however, a second deeper meaning is contained within. The second meaning is often a reference to the poem’s true message. In this sense, allegory is a metaphor using a direct substitution to replace one story with another.
- 4. Allusion What is allusion? Allusion is a literary technique defined as a situation. When a poet uses allusion, it is assumed that the reader knows the reference. In other hand, allusion is used significantly in war poetry to help portray writers' heavy emotions.
- 5. Function of Allusion In literary terms, the main function of allusion in poetry is that it uses a powerful word, phrase or cultural reference that readers should understand in order to simply portray a complex concept. Allusion specifically references people, places and things in history, literature and society for this purpose