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Page 1: · Web viewName: Date: Symbolism. A symbol is a word or image that represents something else. The eagle is a symbol of the United States. The dove is a symbol of peace

Literature Notes

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Symbolism

A symbol is a word or image that represents something else. The eagle is a symbol of the United States. The dove is a symbol of peace. The balanced scale is a symbol of justice. Poets find the symbol a useful device, because the symbol usually carries with it a strong emotional impact. For example, the symbol of the cross will usually create a stronger emotional response than the word “Christianity.”

Part I. Write down what the following things symbolize.

What does the color white symbolize?

What does cupid symbolize?

Can you find the symbol in a line from Emerson’s “The Concord Hymn”? What does it represent?

Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled…

Part II. New symbols are formed all the time. Can you make up some original symbols for each of these ideas?

Idea

Beauty

Wisdom

Love

Evil

You

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Literature Notes

Part III. Now choose a symbol and write a couplet on that symbol.