Monday, September 21, 2009

For Credit: Patronage and Preferment

Why do you think Johnson makes it a point to include different, specific identities in the following lines? Is there an echoing theme between the identities? What do these names add to your interpretation of the text?

“Love ends with hope, the sinking statesman’s door/ Pours in the morning worshiper no more;/ For growing names the weekly scribbler lies,/To growing wealth the dedicator flies,” (lines 79-82)

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