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To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age (METAPHORS (feather #, wind #,…
To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age
SPEAKER
older
knows Sir John
possibly author, Samuel Johnson
AUDIENCE
Sir John Lade?
educated/literate people
people who are aware of/interested in the lived of people with money and privilege
RHETORICAL SITUATION
John Lade has turned 21
inherits money
inherits property
is legally an adult
can gamble
cards
betting
can drink
PARAPHRASE
you're officially an adult
control of inheritance
advisors you can now ignore
guardian
mother
can spend money
playing (cards, billiards, dice?)
ladies
Bettys, Kates, Jennys
"pomp and pleasure, pride and plenty"
betting on horses
can borrow money
can do business with whoever you want
pander
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jockeys
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gamester
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lender
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real estate/property
money
responsibility
could lose family property
could hang
could drown
basically encouraging a young man to waste his fortune
TONE
light-hearted
IRONY
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METAPHORS
feather
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wind
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blade
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wandering
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tether
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slaves
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SYMBOLS
houses
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acres
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IMAGERY
light feather
wild
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dirt
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dry
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wet