The poem "Love Armed", by Aphra Behn, contains multiple
figures of speech (or literary devices).
The first line
contains personification (the giving of human characteristics to non-human/ non-living
things).
Love
in Fantastic Triumph sat
Love
is personified. Love cannot sit; humans sit.
While there
are many examples of personification throughout the poem (as defined above) the most
prominent is the giving of Triumph the ability to take away things from the speaker. The
speaker is basically stating that he cannot obtain triumph given it has taken everything
away from him in order for him to be defeated.
The poem
seems to be (given poetic interpretation is given to an individual reader) about a love
stolen from the speaker. The speaker has lost his love to another and, with the love
gone, has lost everything that has meant anything to him.
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