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1 - A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression

A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching the time of twilight, and the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Egdon Heath embrowned itself moment by moment. Overhead the hollow stretch of whitish cloud shutting out the sky was as a tent which had the whole heath for its floor.

The heaven being spread with this pallid screen and the earth with the darkest vegetation, their meeting-line at the horizon was clearly marked. In such contrast the heath wore the appearance of an instalment of night which had taken up its place before its astronomical hour was come: darkness had to a great extent arrived hereon, while day stood distinct in the sky. Looking upwards, a furze-cutter would have been inclined to continue work; looking down, he would have decided to finish his ****** and go home. The distant rims of the world and of the firmament seemed to be a division in time no less than a division in matter. The face of the heath by its mere complexion added half an hour to evening; it could in like manner retard the dawn, sadden noon, anticipate the frowning of storms scarcely generated, and intensify the opacity of a moonless midnight to a cause of shaking and dread.

2007-06-22 17:56:52 · 2 answers · asked by loveandpeace 1 in Arts & Humanities Poetry

2 answers

personification:
title - A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression
Imagery:
distant rims of the world
Foreshadowing/simile/metonymy:
the hollow stretch of whitish cloud shutting out the sky was as a tent which had the whole heath for its floor.
Zeugma:
its astronomical hour was come
Volta:
a division in time no less than a division in matter
dystopia:
Egdon Heath

good luck

2007-06-22 20:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0 0

Definately metaphor, TONS of imagery, and simile.

2007-06-22 18:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymousgirl 3 · 0 0

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