The Destruction of Sennacherib Flashcards
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Who wrote ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’?
Lord Byron, a Romantic poet, in 1815.
Which collection is ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ from?
Hebrew Melodies (1815).
Who was Sennacherib?
A king of Assyria.
Which story is ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ based on?
The Bible’s account of the Assyrian army besieging Jerusalem (2 Kings 19).
What is the metre of ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’?
Anapaestic tetrameter, like galloping hooves.
What is the form of ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’?
Six quatrains in rhyming couplets.
Complete the opening simile of ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’: “The Assyrian came down …”
“… like the wolf on the fold”
In ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’, who kills the Assyrian army in the night?
“the Angel of Death”
Which simile in stanza 2 of ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ contrasts the army alive and dead?
Leaves of the forest in Summer, then when Autumn has blown.