Graphic and Poem Final

Allusion Poem Draft

It's hard to be true-blue,

When lying seems so you

Flowing like a waterfall,

Pushing through it all

Physically growing with each one,

Concealing from none

Out in open sight,

Not quite looking right

A lie keeps growing,

Until it stops flowing

It seems like the best,

Until you grow a nest

Knowing the difference between right and wrong,

So it doesn't grow so long

Exploring the open world,

While everything is whirled

But your conscience is there,

To help keep everything bare

Assisting you down the right track,

Covering your back

Fixing all that's been lost,

And paying the cost

Helped by society,

To ease the anxiety

It's difficult,

But its critical

Blessed by the woman in the blue dress,

To grant a wish and stop this mess

With a wave of a wand,

Things shrunk back to being fond

Lessons were learned,

Times were turned

Wishes were granted,

Pleads were chanted

Smiles were shown,

People grown

Lies were dammed,

Truths were crammed

All to make a better boy,

One that was more than a toy

Poem with Allusion

“Doctor Faustus” by Marlowe’s

“Learnèd Faustus, to find the secrets of astronomy
Graven in the book of Jove’s high firmament,
Did mount him up to scale Olympus’ top,
Where, sitting in a chariot burning bright,
Drawn by the strength of yokèd dragons’ necks,
He views the clouds, the planets, and the stars.”

In this poem excerpt Marlowe alludes "olympus' top" to Greek mythologies "Mount Olympus." where is home to the greek gods.  Its also the highest mountain in Greece, which is why Marlowe related it to finding the secrets of astronomy there.   He also alluded the burning chariot to Apollo the Greek god of the sun.  He does this by saying "He views the clouds, the planets, and the stars." because the sun is far away from the planets that it can see everything like the clouds, the planets itself and the stars around them.

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