WebAnother literary element used in the poem is allusion. The speaker alludes to various mythological figures, such as Diana, Hamadryad, Naiad, and Elfin, to illustrate science's … WebHast thou not dragged Diana from her car? And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star? Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood, The Elfin from the green grass, and from me The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree? Literature Network » Edgar Allan Poe » Sonnet: To Science

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WebHast thou not dragged Diana from her car? And driven Hamadryad from the wood To seek shelter in some happier star? (9-11). Lines nine and ten ask if the worldly vulture has disturbed the serenity and the creativity of the ancient mythological Greek goddess Diana and the wood nymph Hamadryad. The implied answer, of course is—yes. http://www.sonnets.org/poe.htm flowersmart

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WebHow should he love thee? or how deem thee wise, Who wouldst not leave him in his wandering To seek for treasure in the jewelled skies, Albeit he soared with an undaunted wing? Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car? And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star? http://www.online-literature.com/poe/580/ WebAny ancient belief that could be not be squared with the new mechanistic universe had to be discarded; thus Diana was dragged from her car, and religion, as Kant put it, had to be formulated "within the bounds of bare reason." It would be madness to reject the Enlightenment altogether, of course. flowers maroochydore qld