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What does it mean?
Angels loudly announce a holy scene with bright trumpets.
In plain terms
Angels blow trumpets loudly in a bright line.
What can you take from it?
Heavenly beings celebrate with loud music.

Where it applies

  • religious texts
  • fantasy
  • ceremony

Putting it to work

  • describe heaven
  • set scene

Questions to consider

  • What sounds mark holy moments?
  • How is power announced?

Another view

It describes a scene not grounded in everyday experience.

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  2. A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him.

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  3. O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warbl'st at eve, when all the woods are still.

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