The Question and Answer section for A Musical Instrument is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
That's a pretty broad and detailed question for this short answer space. You might consider passion, identity, and search for meaning to be common factors in all of them.
By the poem’s conclusion, Pan has created a musical instrument with which he can make beautiful music. However, he first disturbs and destroys nature to do so. One may read the poem as a description of the artistic process, just as a poet or an...
Metaphor:
“Spreading ruin and scattering ban”
Simile:
“Then drew the pith, like the heart of a man”
Alliteration:
“Great god”
“The reeds by the river”
Assonance:
“Golden lilies afloat”
“Bleak steel”
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