American Literature
Snemalna Knjiga Besedilo
- Zdrs: 1
- Personification
- "The day of mercy is over, and the night of judge is at hand"
- Day and night are used to seem as if they have control over mercy and judgement.
- Zdrs: 2
- Imagery
- "The pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them"
- The image of hell is used to invoke fear.
- Zdrs: 3
- Repetition
- Repetition
- Repetition
- "You are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours"
- "You are a poor, miserable creature, held over the pit of hell."
- 'You' is being used to make personal connections to his audience, he's purposely pointing out the people listening.
- Zdrs: 4
- Symbolism
- "The bow and arrow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow."
- Bow and arrow symbolize as a threat, the bow being God's anger and judgement.
- Zdrs: 5
- "The wrath of God is like the great waters that are dammed for the present.
- Compares God's wrath to a dam
- Simile
- Zdrs: 6
- "God holds the sinner over the pit of hell"
- Compares God's hold over sinners as holding someone over an actual pit.
- Metaphor
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