"The Fire Sermon" Annotations
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This "he" adopts the role of a Buddha-like figure, who promises deliverance from the overwhelming feeling of dejection in modern society. | This "he" adopts the role of a Buddha-like figure, who promises deliverance from the overwhelming feeling of dejection in modern society. | ||
| − | ==Shakespeare== | + | ==William Shakespeare== |
The lines 173-174 allude to Ophelia's death in [[Hamlet (Act IV Scene VII)]]. | The lines 173-174 allude to Ophelia's death in [[Hamlet (Act IV Scene VII)]]. | ||
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Clutch and sink into the wet bank | Clutch and sink into the wet bank | ||
| + | ==Edmund Spenser== | ||
| − | Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song | + | Allusion to Spenser's [["Prothalamion"]] |
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| + | Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song | ||
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| + | ==Andrew Marvell== | ||
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| + | Allusion to Marvell's [["To His Coy Mistress"]] | ||
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| + | But at my back in a cold blast I hear | ||
| + | The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear. | ||
