Question

i don't know if im Correct or not but i think the answer is Allusion... does anyone agree with me?

"The Grave of Keats"
By Oscar Wilde
Rid of the world's injustice, and his pain,
He rests at last beneath God's veil of blue: Taken from life when life and love were new The youngest of the martyrs here is lain, Fair as Sebastian, and as early slain. No cypress shades his grave, no funeral yew, But gentle violets weeping with the dew Weave on his bones an ever-blossoming chain. O proudest heart that broke for misery! O sweetest lips since those of Mitylene! O poet-painter of our English Lan

Answer 1

Land!
Thy name was writ in water--it shall stand:
And tears like mine will keep thy memory green,
As Isabella did her Basil-tree.

What is the most-used literary device in this poem?

Answer 2

what is your main question...?

Answer 3

Ya allusion

Answer 4

yea i agree with u its allusion

Answer 5

how it is allusion... @Brainybeauty

Answer 6

and @sky577

Answer 7

because a allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. so to me that is what this is

Answer 8

Ya right sky. And there's so much of imagery involved. All that is written does not have to mean what it is literally. I just gives an idea and brings vivid images to the minds of the readers.

Answer 9

@paki