W. H. Auden: Poems
Literary device in "Shield of Achilles".
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One literary device that figures prominently in the text is allusion. Auden uses Biblical allusions, such as the crucifixion in the text, which speaks to the true meaning a sacrifice..... Christ's sacrifice, something that in modern times (Auden's) had lost its meaning.
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