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Wilfred Owen Poem Analysis Notes Maundy Thursday Summary: During Maundy Thursday (a Christian holiday that commemorates The Last Supper), the speaker watches men, women, and children go up to the altar to kiss the cross. The speaker does the same. Poetic Devices: Religious imagery crucifix, cross, ?Body of the Christ,? creed, server-lad (shown before the cross because people are the more important religion, especially the common person) the speaker?s disenchantment with religion Sonnet Slight volta at line 9 when the speaker begins to reference himself Switch in rhyme scheme from Shakespearean to Petrarchan Breaks the meter in ?brown hands? and ?warm live hand? --> because the hands have more emphasis than the cross because again, people > religion

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Glossary of Poetic Terms Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in which the name of the central character, Pilgrim, epitomizes the book's allegorical nature. Kay Boyle's story "Astronomer's Wife" and Christina Rossetti's poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. Example: "Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood." Hopkins, "In the Valley of the Elwy." Anapest

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