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Define ekphrasis and explain why "Musée des Beaux-Arts" is an example of it.
Think of a poem written in response to a painting.
What is a transferred epithet? Give one example from the poem.
Ask who or what the adjective really belongs to.
The phrase describing the boy's cry as forsaken is an example of:
Ask who has really been abandoned.
The expression doggy life is an example of:
Is the phrase formal or everyday?
Identify five literary devices in the second stanza of "Musée des Beaux-Arts" (the stanza about Bruegel's Icarus) and explain the effect of each. Describe the details in your own words.
For each device, give a paraphrased location and one clear effect.
Rewrite the image of the torturer's horse in a grand, formal style, then compare your version with Auden's casual one. Which works better for the poem, and why?
Ask whether your formal version makes the world look attentive or indifferent.
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