CHAPTER EIGHT
“ALLUSIONS”
ALLUSION IS A REFERENCE TO ANOTHER WORK OF
LITERATURE OR HISTORY.
THE BIBLE, THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, AND GREEK
MYTHOLOGY ARE THE THREE MAIN SOURCES FOR LITERARY
ALLUSIONS.
POEMS IN THIS CHAPTER:
“’OUT, OUT-‘” BY ROBERT FROST
SOLILOQY FROM MACBETH BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
“in just-“ by e. e. cummings
“ON HIS BLINDNESS” BY JOHN MILTON
“MINIVER CHEEEVY” BY E. A. ROBINSON
“LEDA AND THE SWAN” BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
“ABRAHAM to kill him-“ by EMILY DICKINSON
“A MONKEY SPRANG FROM A TREE” BY LAURENCE PERRINE
“TWO BROTHERS DEVISED SUCH A SIGHT” BY LAURENCE
PERRINE
“EXCELLENCE” BY ROBERT FRANCIS