Using imagery and figurative language, the speaker portrays the severity of this Day of Judgment. The Messiah that comes to judge the world is described using imagery as, “ A shape with a lion body and the head of a male.” By illustrating the savior as a sphinx-like creature, the speaker shows that the figure that appears in the Second Coming as he predicts will not be peaceful or understanding like Jesus Christ in the first coming. Rather the Messiah will be a strange mythical creature, unable to show any mercy to the world because of the severity of its deterioration. In a simile, the speaker depicts the horrible beast as “pitiless as the son.” By comparing the messianic figure to the sun, the speaker shows that the creature will show no mercy when it arrives because of how badly society has behaved, just as the sun shows no mercy when it burns powerfully in the sky. The speaker is fearful of this gruesome and unexpected Second Coming, which he imagines, and even more frustrated that it will be cause by the injustice he sees in the present
Using imagery and figurative language, the speaker portrays the severity of this Day of Judgment. The Messiah that comes to judge the world is described using imagery as, “ A shape with a lion body and the head of a male.” By illustrating the savior as a sphinx-like creature, the speaker shows that the figure that appears in the Second Coming as he predicts will not be peaceful or understanding like Jesus Christ in the first coming. Rather the Messiah will be a strange mythical creature, unable to show any mercy to the world because of the severity of its deterioration. In a simile, the speaker depicts the horrible beast as “pitiless as the son.” By comparing the messianic figure to the sun, the speaker shows that the creature will show no mercy when it arrives because of how badly society has behaved, just as the sun shows no mercy when it burns powerfully in the sky. The speaker is fearful of this gruesome and unexpected Second Coming, which he imagines, and even more frustrated that it will be cause by the injustice he sees in the present