Alone
In contact, lo! the flint and steel,
By sharp and flame, the thought reveal
That he the metal, she the stone,
Had cherished secretly alone.
A poem based on the anithesis, as well as the elipsis, the omission of direct expression of feelings that might have been mutual. The conflict and the plot turns within a poem are wrapped into the candid understatement that veils the faces, the mimic, the gestures and the words of the two protagonists, male and female. The poem's form conveys a lyrical message by means of blurring lines and leaving a trace of secrecy between the aforementioned individuals. These literary devices were typical for the Greek poetic tradition and partially the French sentimental novel on a background of bright and obviously ground-breaking historical events.
A review of a poem Alone by Ambrose Bierce
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