American Literature

Skaidrė: 1
Personification
"The day of mercy is over, and the night of judge is at hand"
Day and night are used to seem as if they have control over mercy and judgement.
Skaidrė: 2
Imagery
"The pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them"
The image of hell is used to invoke fear.
Skaidrė: 3
Repetition
Repetition
Repetition
"You are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours"
"You are a poor, miserable creature, held over the pit of hell."
'You' is being used to make personal connections to his audience, he's purposely pointing out the people listening.
Skaidrė: 4
Symbolism
"The bow and arrow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow."
Bow and arrow symbolize as a threat, the bow being God's anger and judgement.
Skaidrė: 5
"The wrath of God is like the great waters that are dammed for the present.
Compares God's wrath to a dam
Simile
Skaidrė: 6
"God holds the sinner over the pit of hell"
Compares God's hold over sinners as holding someone over an actual pit.
Metaphor