ENGL 2802 Lecture 1: ENGL 2802 January 5 Pratt & Scott
15 Feb 2017
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All the spikes but the last by f. r. Building of canadian pacific railway (cpr) to connect bc and eastern canada in 1880s. British colonies in west coast entered confederation condition to build trans continent railway to link eastern and western provinces. Pratt (cid:862)a (cid:448)erse pa(cid:374)ora(cid:373)a of struggle to (cid:271)uild the first ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) tra(cid:374)s(cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)e(cid:374)tal fro(cid:373) the ti(cid:373)e of the proposed terms of union with british columbia (1870) to the hammering of the last spike in the. Poetic structure: epic genre long narrative poem superhuman exploits celebrates great deeds of legendary heroes in a grand ceremonious style. Use of epithets listing of heroes and combatants. Use of epic similes lizard: grendel-like creature represents canadian shield (line 1620) British colu(cid:373)(cid:271)ia: as fe(cid:373)ale a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:373)arriage(cid:863) to easter(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada & politi(cid:272)al i(cid:373)pli(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s (cid:858)the spike(cid:859) heading (pp. 380) silver/gold being contemplated thinking of passage of time (cid:858)nu(cid:373)(cid:271)er o(cid:374)e/t(cid:449)o(cid:859) et(cid:272). : hor(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:373)ajor tasks i(cid:374) (cid:271)uildi(cid:374)g the rail(cid:449)a(cid:455) Poem: all the spikes but the last by f. r.
