Allusion in Poetry

!±8± Allusion in Poetry

Allusion, according to A Handbook to Literature by C. Hugh Holman, The Odyssey Press, "is a figure of speech making casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event." According to definitions in various literature and composition text books, an allusion is the casual reference to a figure or event in history or literature that creates a mental image in the mind of the reader.

All right, young man in the back, what's the problem? I hear you whispering. Maybe I can answer your question better than your neighbor.

"Uh, well, I just think maybe you have confused something. Isn't an allusion something you see that isn't there?"

Thank you. I'm so glad you asked that question. Many people do confuse allusion and illusion. An allusion is the reference to someone or something in literature or history. Illusion is something which is not actually seen or which does not really exist.

One example of an allusion would be something like "Like a modern Daniel, the brave little boy strode to the playground in order to face the school bully." The reference to Daniel from the Bible who faced hungry lions brings bravery to mind. Another allusion might be "The Paul Bunyon of a man filled the small room."

An illusion might be "Jim Ross told everyone about the flying saucer he watched in the night sky. His wife shook her head in disbelief. 'You also say you saw me do a strip tease on the front porch, illusions the result of over-inbibing that brew you make in the garage'."

Many times writers, especially poets, allude to Biblical characters and events. In The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare used the line "A Daniel come to judgement." T.S. Eliot uses a complex literary allusion in his The Waste Land and in his notes about that poem.

I use allusion occasionally, as in the following poems, and many times I allude to something Biblical as I do in these. (All poetry is copyrighted by Vivian Gilbert Zabel.)

Lost and Found

Screams rend the night darkness

As chaos reigns in sleeping minds.

Fighting echoing shrieks to awareness,

Those once drowsing find themselves

Now huddling in fear beneath covers.

Fire flickers through the filter of eyelids,

While those braver than the rest peek

To glimpse shadows of nightmares

Lingering in delight of tears streaming

Down cheeks of those too scared to run.

Then faith reaches out its hopeful hand

To touch and tame the frightful madness

That only Hell can bring to those who live.

The hero of a demon-filled existence

Is the One who loves man the most.

The allusion to Hell brings to mind the agony that is to be found there.

Live Forever

Who wants to live forever?

So the pain of heart and limbsCan endure ever lasting?

Discomfort will grow each day

Until I won't want to stay.

Talk of immortality,

I could greet my grandchildren's

Progeny for many years.

But when their time disappears,

I would be overwhelmed with tears.

I could watch history pass

With war, disease, desolation.

Leaders would rise and then fall,

Bringing hope, sometimes despair,

But never long-lasting care.

I don't want to live forever,

Not in this world we now know.

I want to know that some day

I will be able to escape

To a place not filled with hate.

Who wants to live forever?

In a place of cloudless skies,

Of love, peace, and endless joy,

Sunlight gleams without a storm,

Glory found in every form.

I will take forever life

In the place where He's alive,

To know that everyone there

Need not be separated

Nor ever feel incarcerated.

No pain, no illness, no tears

Will be seen much less known,

War, a word not even heard.

Yes, I will live forever

Once I cross Jordan's river.

In the Bible, the river Jordan came to mean the river that one crosses into Heaven, therefore representing death.

In the first poem, the allusion adds to the emotion of agony, pain, torture. However, in the second poem, the allusion adds to the imagery but not exactly to the emotion.

So what allusion brings an emotional image to mind? What does Sir Gallahad bring to mind? Courage, love, knight in shining armor all come to mind, emotional reactions.

Closure

The young boy's eyes sparkled

As he spied the golden curls

Peeking from under her winter cap.

Since an eight-year-old isn't poetic,

He packed snow into a ball

And threw with all his might,

Knocking the hat from her head.

Imagine his surprise as she whirled

And returned fire, hitting his chest,

Where love for her bloomed.

Over the years, fast friends

They became as they skipped

Hand in hand through school.

His junior prom, she was his date,

As was he for hers the next.

After he left for college,

Letters, like winged flames,

Flew from him to her each week.

The summer became a time of joy

As they rebuilt their love again.

In fall, they had to part once more,

He back to the next level;

She, to the college in town.

Once full of love and laughter,

Messages from her came

Slower and shorter each time.

Soon, by Christmas, they stopped.

By end of semester, he heard

She gave her love to another.

His heart turned to stone.

Years passed, he earned a fortune,

But he never had a family.

At last the loner returned home

To find his lost love not only

Another's wife, but a mother.

He stood in the background,

Knowing her husband could be ruined.

He had the means; he had the hate.

Then he saw her face in his mind

And packed the hate away.

He died the other day,

A driver didn't pause or stop.

Many attended the funeral

With one woman at the back.

Tears pooled and spilled

Before she wiped her face,

Turned, and slipped away.

Only later did she know

He left her not only his heart

But everything he had.

Unknown to her, he had been more,

Her Sir Galahad: Although he wore

A tarnished, rusted suit of armor.

I hope you will try using allusion in your poetry, for a touch of imagery if nothing else, but also try to see if the device can add a dose of emotion.

Allusion in Poetry

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True Or False - "Women Have 7 Erogenous Zones?"

!±8± True Or False - "Women Have 7 Erogenous Zones?"

If you have ever watched Friends then you may have seen the episode where Monica gives Chandler sex advice and in a funny way talks about the 7 erogenous zones of women. Is this a real fact or is this just a make belief idea that was used for the show. We will discuss this idea and find out whether there are these zones and if they do in fact send women into orgasmic heaven.

The first thing we discovered is that there are more than 7 erogenous zones as different women's bodies have different zones. However, there are commonly agreed upon zones. We discuss them in no particular order, so trying to figure out what zones Monica refers to when she is calling out the numbers will not help.

The ears are the first of the erogenous zones. Nibbling, sucking, or licking the earlobes specifically can send waves of pleasure through a woman. Some women also enjoy having warm air blown into their ears, whispering, or licking, sucking and nibbling the ear itself. This is an area that can stimulate your lover very strongly, but must be approached with some care. First of all, not all women enjoy this. Second, many women will enjoy this more if it is done later in foreplay; so don't start with the ears, perhaps do it after you've covered the neck, lips and nipples.

Lips are the second erogenous zone that we will go over. Lips are perhaps the first step of foreplay and are most likely to last throughout the whole love-making. Kissing is significantly important in making a woman have the difference between an "eh" orgasm and an "oh, wow!" orgasm. Kissing must be done right. If you are unsure about your kissing expertise then sometimes the best thing you can do is let go of you inhibitions and let your feelings tell your mouth what to do, i.e. you stay out of it. Don't try to think, "well, we haven't tried this way of kissing", or "we have been doing this one for a while, let's try something else." No, let your passions lead the way. That being said, having knowledge of how to kiss and especially of how your lady likes to be kissed is usually better at sending your lady into ecstasy.

We will discuss the neck third. The neck is also a very stimulating area for a woman. This area perhaps is one of the more difficult to get right. First, different women respond to neck stimulation differently. Some prefer lighter, gentle kissing. Others women prefer to be ravaged on the neck almost like a vampire bite. On top of that each woman has different spots on her neck that send those sparks of electricity through her body. And as if that was not enough each woman has a different time that she will respond to this stimulation, some enjoy it throughout lovemaking others prefer it toward the end, when they are close to orgasm, and still others prefer it during foreplay. This is an area that should be practiced with a long term partner during casual sex, that way when it is time to turn up the heat, you will have the neck mastered as well.

Nipples, areola, and the breasts are an excellent and amazing erogenous area of 3 zones. It is quite easy to stimulate the breast area on any woman although proper technique is something that will develop with time. If you need some basic tips you can start by sucking on the nipple, while you are sucking twist your tongue in a clockwise direction around the nipple, start the twisting slow, then go faster and faster. One thing to watch out for on the nipple is that different women can take different amounts of pressure before it becomes painful for them. Another thing to do is while you are doing the sucking tongue thing, take as much of both breasts in your hands as you can and begin to squeeze at the same time. This one also is one to watch out for as far as how much pressure the woman's breast will take before it becomes painful. This is one of those really strange body parts that mysteriously is very pleasurable for a man to touch.

Buttocks or Anus is another erogenous zone. This is one of those however that cannot be used by everyone and especially not every time. The butt cheeks are excellent place to squeeze or even slap in the right situations. The butt hole is another area altogether. This one requires foremost, trust. Your girl must totally trust that you would not do anything she wouldn't like. If she doesn't, instead of bringing her closer to an orgasm, she will concentrate on the finger that you have on her butt hole. Also you must be pretty confident that your girl actually wipes her butt really well or she took a shower, otherwise she will instantly know that you just touched something that made you disgusted. If all of these are okay, do not actually stick your finger in the hole; just apply pressure to the area and do a tiny but rapid vibration, and do this closer to her climax...do not do this too early in your lovemaking. On a final note, if she tells you that she doesn't like it, do not try it again that session, and not all girls enjoy this so perhaps do not try it ever again.

Feet and toes are another one of the erogenous zones. This is actually somewhat similar to the above because some women do in fact find that their toes/feet are an extremely personal, sensual, and pleasurable zone; just as many do find it to be too sensitive (ticklish) or not pleasurable at all because many women have a complex of one kind or another with their feet. Some have big feet, others have feet deformities, and still others can't get their feet to smell good, or at least they think that. If your girl actually loves her feet being touched then, provided that you also enjoy it, by all means lick and suck and touch them. Sometimes it can be helpful to ask the girl for advice on how she prefers them to be touched, she w ill more than likely enjoy giving you "orders."

The last erogenous zone that we will discuss is the genitalia, which has 5 zones in itself, including the clitoris, anterior fornix or a-spot, u-spot or lips of the vagina, the Grafenberg spot or more commonly known as the G-spot, and the uterus. This is where most men spend their time so there is little to discuss here. A few things that I will mention is that if you do not know about any of these 5 areas then you should learn all you can about it. Some for example the uterine orgasm requires a fairly long penis to get that deep inside a girl, so your options will be either to try to enlarge your penis using any of the various male enhancement options that are out there, or give up on the prospect of doing that altogether. The 4 other most if not all men can learn to pleasure, whether it is with your penis, your tongue or your fingers.

Now that you know that there are so many more options for creating pleasure in your woman, other than the few that you already know about, why not try a few of them; or do you dare try all of these techniques, to pleasure your girl so much that she will be willing to pleasure you in any way that you could ever want?

True Or False - "Women Have 7 Erogenous Zones?"

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