Poetry · Character
Hector Stuart
A ruined West Point cadet with one eye and a wandering mind, he turns his cannon mishap into a grimly comic meditation on war's absurdities.
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Also known as Stuart
First appearance: poetry
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Addressed as a Scottish prince with a fall from grace, lacking nobility, and warned against overreaching in poetry.
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker’s obsessive pursuit of the divine rose fragrance…
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