1) Hesiod (750 BC)
2) Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC)
3) Dante Alighieri (1265 AD - 1321 AD)
4) Christopher Marlowe (1564 AD - 1593 AD)
5) William Shakespeare (1564 AD - 1616 AD)
Although Shakespeare and Marlowe were born in the same year, Marlowe died first and Shakespeare continued his literature production. Some think that Marlowe faked his death and changed his name to Shakespeare.
Pastoral poetry is characterized by idealizing rural life and landscapes, it presents society of shepard untied to concerns of city life.
I believe that flashbacks could be used to slow the pace of a story. If you are telling one story, and then decide to introduce a flashback, that would only slow down the story you are already telling.
The author should be using allusion, because an allusion is when the reader(s) can imagine they are there eating, tasting it (if ts food) exc. a simile is when your comparing two things, like cats and dogs. Personification is when your giving and item, such as a plate, human emotions.
<em>“A thick mist hung all round our ships”-Hung adds an emotional feeling of grief and sorrow.
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<em>"The cruel wretch vouchsafed me not one word of answer, but with a sudden clutch he gripped up two of my men at once and dashed them down upon the ground as though they had been puppies”-Cruel adds a tone to the emotional power of the Piece by creating a feeling of Doomed or being scared.
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<em>“Their brains were shed upon the ground, and the earth was wet with their blood”.-Wet with their blood creates the emotion of feeling death, it created an image in your mind and makes you feel pity.</em>
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Hope this helps!
