Sentence examples for structural allusion from inspiring English sources
Darwin: A Life in Poems prints, next to each poem, a gloss of context and dates; the structural allusion is to Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, but you don't have to know that to find them useful.
It added the metaphorical sense of a chain of arguments as well as Lutoslawski's specific allusion to his structural device of interlocking phrases.
They add layers of harmony and counterpoint, toy with meter and melody, make knowing allusions and take structural detours without forgetting the beat.
In Paul Brantley's "Verse, Chorus, Bridge" (2008) that common ground was mostly in the title, an allusion to the standard structural components of pop songs.
The allusive references used in Fun Home are not merely structural or stylistic: Bechdel writes, "I employ these allusions... not only as descriptive devices, but because my parents are most real to me in fictional terms.
Allusion or empty threat?
The military allusion is telling.
Overview | What is an allusion?
The allusion was odd, perhaps.
The allusion to his turnovers was unmistakable.
He's fond of historical allusion.
