The Art of Vergil: Image and Symbol in the AeneidIn a discussion in which a comparison of Vergil and Homer becomes the pivot of criticism, the author analyzes basic themes, outlines the Vergilian structure, and indicates the way in which the characters and the events concerning them are related to the whole poem. The author shows how Vergil enlarged upon Homeric similes until they became transparent signs for inner events. He also examines the architecturally structured sequence of mood and argues that, since Vergil, mood has become to poetry what light is to painting. |
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Page 167
... dark- ness- -to the fall of Troy and the hero's seven years ' wander- ing . The end is mysteriously grave ; dim , ominous shadows rear behind the light . There are presentiments of sufferings ahead for Dido and Aeneas . The light is ...
... dark- ness- -to the fall of Troy and the hero's seven years ' wander- ing . The end is mysteriously grave ; dim , ominous shadows rear behind the light . There are presentiments of sufferings ahead for Dido and Aeneas . The light is ...
Page 170
... darkness comes again . The apparently ominous celestial phenomenon still con- tributes light , since it is interpreted as a promise of arms and consequent victory . The leave - taking forms the conclusion , and the dark stream of sorrow ...
... darkness comes again . The apparently ominous celestial phenomenon still con- tributes light , since it is interpreted as a promise of arms and consequent victory . The leave - taking forms the conclusion , and the dark stream of sorrow ...
Page 171
... Dark waves surround gold - gleaming Actium : VIII.676 : All Leucate , in a ferment of moving martial array , came into view ; the waves shone out with gold . Totumque instructo Marte videres Fervere Leucaten auroque effulgere fluctus ...
... Dark waves surround gold - gleaming Actium : VIII.676 : All Leucate , in a ferment of moving martial array , came into view ; the waves shone out with gold . Totumque instructo Marte videres Fervere Leucaten auroque effulgere fluctus ...
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