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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
- style
- simple yet
vivid
- simple yet
vivid
- 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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