Essay Questions

Deconstruct the following reference: “to the heroic dust of Sandoval.” - “Time”

Although the allegoric dust alludes to Sandoval unconditional transience, its heroism memorializes his political legacy which is augmented by the religiosity of his burial scene. Time absolutely reverences him, although he is not present, by rendering him a grandiose protagonist who endows the substantiality of time.

What explicit deductions can you draw regarding the speaker and Cynthia’s connection? - “The Ghost”

They were a romantic pair who are now detached by Cynthia’s ill-starred expiration. The speaker sustains; “Love’s stale and public playground, where I lie? And fill the run-down empire of my bed.” The speaker adores Cynthia notwithstanding her obvious departure. The staleness of ‘love’s playground’ supposes that the speaker is not savouring love now that Cynthia is present to guarantee the tidiness of the speaker’s bed (which typifies passion).