What images are used in the poems to describe Cromwell? ( MEG 101 ) ( ANDREW MARVELL )

There are several poems about Cromwell, so I will provide examples from a few different poems:


"An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland" by Andrew Marvell:

"The mountains shook like His great thoughts that rock the world."

"He nothing common did, or mean, / Upon that memorable scene."

"To Oliver Cromwell" by John Milton:

"And with the unbought office of thy merit / Noirate and raise from dust a nameless head."

"Cromwell's Return" by Robert Southey:

"To whom the pales of council were the bounds / Of freedom."

"A patriot's sword, / And peoples' hearts, and lies unburied, / And Fame herself, that all which she has crowned."


These examples show that Cromwell is often described as a powerful, heroic figure, whose actions have a profound impact on the world around him. He is portrayed as a man of great thoughts and ideas, who acts boldly and with conviction. At the same time, there is an ambivalence in some of the descriptions, as Cromwell is also seen as a potentially dangerous figure who wields great power and whose actions may not always be entirely virtuous or above reproach.