A Plot Summary of George Gordon Byron's Poem "The Destruction of Sennacherib" Essay

In Lord Byrons (George Gordon Byron) poem, The Destruction of Sennacherib he depicts the Assyrian King Sennacheribs army attempting the siege Jerusalem the city of the Israelites and ending up losing all of his army overnight without a single sword being lifted. This was supposedly the work of the angel of death from the Judo-Christian bible sent by god to annihilate the army and protect the city. George Gordon Byron was born January 22nd 1788 in a London Borough of Harrow and died April 19th 1824 from Malaria in Missolonghi in western Greece. He is regarded highly as one of the greatest British poets and was leader in the Romantic Movement. As Grime states it Byron uses form superbly, illustrating an underappreciated genius of rhythm (Grime). In the poem Byron repeatedly uses nature in his similes as a metaphor to better convey the speakers meaning and to illustrate the scenes. The use of similes and metaphors combined with Byrons style of form in the poem more clearly convey the speakers thoughts, ideas and create descriptive imagery The first simile of the poem compares the Assyrian King Sennacherib to a wolf on a fold The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold. This simile uses a natural element of the wolf to set the mood of the attacking army as vicious, blood thirsty and without mercy, like the animal its being equated to. The next simile found compares the reflection off Assyrian soldiers spears to the stars reflecting off the sea And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea. Since there are tremendous amount of stars in a night sky the simile brings forth an image of thousands of warriors readying to destroy the Israelites. Byron reinforces the last image with the next simile found on lines six and seven Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were...

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