Tristram Shandy

Aposiopesis – rhetorical figure of breaking off mid-sentence, before youre finished. Isn’t that what the narrator does constantly? He cant keep his narrative focus. The way it employs time and not a linear narrative. His father is a very regular individual, regular in time – relative to time.

John Milton

Lines 283

Similes

PANDIMONIUM – collection of devils.

292 – Spear, 302 - SHOULD IMAGINE SATAN THE GENERAL – rousing his troupes. – they are as thick as autumnal leaves, leaves come up quite often in many epic poems. Homer, virgil as well as dante, associated with death and the underworld. – these conjur the images of the dead- Orion is the wind – the west wind. - 305 – 315, te parting of the red sea and the drowning of the Pharoah. - Despite the grandeur of satan, he is also destructive - So many troubling connections from this world and the next. The angels are

‘builders’ Milton explains he way of God to man

Frances Burny

Letters –No counter – narrative

Opening – dedicates it to NO ONE. Trust nobody

Mr. Barlows Proposal