the main story of
the poem is about
two people and
they are foes
the main character of
the the poem is a tree
and it represents the
anger
eventually the tree grows
so much it grows an apple
which represents revenge
and the foe steals the
apple and then eats the
apple and dies and then
the main character is now
happy
language techniques
the poem is maily a
metaphore in its self
because of the way
revenge is represented as
the apple and the main
characters tree
represents anger
personification is used in
the poem because of the
way that the character is
treating the anger like a
plant because a plant
metaphors are used as the apple
because the foe wanted to steal
the apple or whatever the apple
represented. but because the tree
has been growing because the
main character hasn't been tell ing
the tree his feelings so the apple is
the product of the maincharacters
anger
the destruction of sennacherib
context
the poem is written by lord Byron
who was born in 1788 and died in
1824 and was a romantic poet who
was scandalous for his lovers and
joined the greek army but got a
fever and died
the poem is based on a bible story in
chronicles about a war against a king
who was known for being a fierce
warrior but god defends the town that
they are attacking and kills everyone
but the king and then the king is
murdered later by his sons for not
being a true warroir
language techniques
similes are used in the
poem at the start when it
says the Assyrian came
down like the wolf on the
fold, this shows the power
of the army and how
feared they are to
everyone else
metaphors are used when
saying "the angel of death"
this shows juxter position as
well because angel and
death are not 2 words that
would be together normally