Metaphors The Figurative Language and Allusions
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Shadow the beauties of Hamlet and Dante arose. Gibran, 1947, stanza 18, line 1-5
‘Lust’ is attributed with human ability that sweeps ‘one thousand processions of the soul of woman
’. It is depicted as a person who has made thousand women live in suffer
which can be seen in the line “...into the pit of shame and Horror”. At the same time, ‘Solitude’ is also portrayed as if it was a
person. The way ‘We’ treat ‘Solitude’ by embracing it indicates the
personification toward it. ‘Lust’ and ‘Solitude’ are two contradictory things in which each of them
explain about ‘You’ and ‘We’. In the stanza, it is said that ‘You’ lie down under
‘Lust’ and ‘We’ embrace ‘Solitude’. The poet personifies ‘Lust’ as a person who has a power and ‘Solitude’ as a weak person. These personifications imply the
meaning that ‘You’ live under the control of ‘Lust’ and ‘We’ live as the group of
people who have nothing but silent and in the silent they find themselves feel peaceful.
g. You curry for the favor of Greed, and the sharp
Swords of Greed have shed one thousand rivers Of blood
Gibran, 1947, stanza 19, line 1-3
‘You’ is described as the worshiper of ‘Greed’. The lines “…have shed one thousand rivers Of
blood prove that ‘Greed’ is personified as a killer person who has killed many people with its swords. By giving a form of human attribute,
the poet gives a great illustration about how cruel ‘Greed’ can be if it lives around
the people. Like the others personification in the previous part, this one also gives an explanation about the characteristic and the quality of
‘You’. Clearly, this
personification shows the greedy of ‘You’ can torture other people in the society
of the poem.