Anaphora. Anaphora is any word or phrase that repeats or refers to something that precedes or follows it. As you read look for examples of anaphora.
Alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, as in “wild wind.”
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“Pressed by the Moon, Mute Arbitress of Tides” is more than a sonnet describing the activity of nature. A close reading shows that it also contains elements of inward reflection that are true to the spirit of later Romanticism (For more on Romantism, see the entry in the Handbook of Literary Terms.) In this poem, Smith evokes the powerful forces of nature and relates those forces to inner human experience, much as Byron, Shelley, and Keats would do years afterward. Its use of nature imagery, its strong emotions, and its preoccupation with death makes the poem one of the first major expressions of the Romantic spirit in English literature.
Make a chart to keep track of examples of alliteration you find in this sonnet.
Write about a natural event that had a powerful effect on you.
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