ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -With Cupid’s arrow; she hath Dian’s wit. ‘ In these lines, the allusion is to the Roman god, Cupid, and the goddess, Diana. Cupid was the god of love and attraction, often seen with a bow and arrow used to smite the intended person.

Detailed explanation-2: -The part that alludes to the story of Cupid and Psyche the most is when Keats writes of the two being together, but not kissing, because of sleep. This alluding to when Psyche opened the box of beauty and was overcome with sleep, only to be saved by Cupid.

Detailed explanation-3: -Allusion Examples in Everyday Speech "Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel.” The allusion here is to “Achilles’ heel, ” or the Greek myth about the hero Achilles and how his heel was his one weakness. In this case, the speaker’s “weakness” is chocolate cake.

Detailed explanation-4: -In “Cupid’s Arrows” the arrow is a symbol of wealth and prestige. “Sir Francis Drake” uses metaphor to compare the naval hero to a dragon. Hayman uses a symbol when he wishes that Drake’s “gifts, Elias-like” could have been passed along to him.