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| WITH a Whirl of Thought oppress'd, I sink from Reverie to Rest. An horrid Vision seiz'd my Head, I saw the Graves give up their Dead. Jove, arm'd with Terrors, burst the Skies, And Thunder roars, and Light'ning flies! Amaz'd, confus'd, its Fate unknown, The World stands trembling at his Throne. While each pale Sinner hangs his Head, Jove, nodding, shook the Heav'ns, and said, "Offending Race of Human Kind, By Nature, Reason, Learning, blind; You who thro' Frailty step'd aside, And you who never fell�thro' Pride; You who in different Sects have shamm'd, And come to see each other damn'd; (So some Folks told you, but they knew No more of Jove's Designs than you) The World's mad Business now is o'er, And I resent these Pranks no more. I to such Blockheads set my Wit! I damn such Fools!�Go, go, you're bit." |
| In his poem, �The Day of Judgement,� Jonathan Swift�s contemptuous and disdainful attitude toward his fellow humans is vividly conveyed through his negative diction when speaking of them. He refers to humans as �Blockheads� and �Fools,� constantly claiming that they are already �damned� to go to hell and they are already �bit.� He also displays his contemptuous tone towards humans through his colorful description of the anger the humans evoke in the gods. |
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| The Day of Judgement Jonathan Swift |
| Swift, Jonathan. �Day of Judgement.� Jonathan Swift: The Day of Judgement. 15 Nov. 2003.<http://www.ourcivilisation.com/ smartboard/shop/swift/verse/chap6.htm>. |
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