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Comparing “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” and Canto 1 - Coggle…
Comparing “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” and Canto 1
When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer:
Theme:
nature (stars, sky)
"In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
"
Form/Voice:
use of of anaphora
listing
first person
alliteration : :
"In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,"
imagery :
Canto 1
Form:
repetition within lines and stanzas, but no anaphora
alliteration
Voice
first person
Themes:
motif/ theme of people and connections between people:
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
soul/body connection
Origins
"My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,"