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The Castle - Edwin Muir
- uses a fable to make a point
- betrayal is often secret and subtle
- Army is only strong if it's men can't be bribed
- idea of corruption
- idea of corruption
- Army is only strong if it's men can't be bribed
- betrayal is often secret and subtle
- reader lured into sympathising
with the speaker
- brave, committed
- shame at being betrayed
- shame at being betrayed
- confident army betrayed for money
- brave, committed
- when conflict is dealt with using military
means, everyday morals are set aside
- speakers inability to see that armed
confrontation breeds betrayal
- every man for himself?
- every man for himself?
- style
- simple yet
vivid
- simple yet
vivid
- Muir had lived in Prague, Dresden, Italy..
- politically aware of the rise of fascism
- politically aware of the rise of fascism
- Enemy seems to pose no threat
- defenders of the castle become complacent, castle is lost.
- Final stanza reflects on why this happened
- Final stanza reflects on why this happened
- defenders of the castle become complacent, castle is lost.
- Allegorical Poem; narrative
- Sudden alliteration at point of betrayal
- "A little wicked wicket gate/the wizened
warder let them through"
- Invokes crisis - speaker has been confident so far
- Invokes crisis - speaker has been confident so far
- "A little wicked wicket gate/the wizened
warder let them through"
- Repetition establishes strength of citadel
- "tier on tier"
- "tier on tier"
- Contrast
- "towering battlements" vs "grew thin"
- "towering battlements" vs "grew thin"
- Rhyme scheme enhances
story telling nature of the poem
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