Evening Concert, Saint-Chapelle

       John Updike's poem, Evening Concert, Saint-Chapelle, has many literary devices in it.  He is describing a concert hall and the stained glass windows in it.  To do this he uses alliteration such as, "blazing blue," and "...violins vaunting Vivaldi's..."  He frequently uses colors to paint the picture in the readers mind of how this place would look.  He also has references to people named Vivaldi and Brahms.  These people were both composers and musicians.  This relates to the poem because it is describing the concert hall.  This also helps to create the picture of the setting.  Updike uses a few types of figurative language in this poem, but mostly uses alliteration to give the reader an understanding.