1. The Use of Allusion in Poetry
... :/ Me and my cloak and fangs/ Had ripping times in the dark". In the final stanza, the speaker's allusion becomes apparent as he calls on the themes of cheap fiction to show what he has inevitably become, writing "[d]on't read much now: the dude/ who lets the girl down before/ The hero arrives, the chap/ who's yellow and keeps the ... ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate