The Children's Hour by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
~Reflecting back on when the incident happened.
~Makes many comparisons
-"Devouring me with kisses"
~Written as a fairytale.
~Child's story put into a serious tone, turning a morning of kids hugging and kissing their father into enemies assaulting a castle.
The Allusion: There were many villagers that were hungry who went up to the king. The villagers wanted the food that he had stored in his tower. The king took out all the food that filled the towers and sent the villagers up and burned the towers down; therfore, they all burned in the towers.
Later, the king was devoured by rats in the same towers.
