Usage of literary stylistic devices in works by Thomas More

It is a strange and widely held belief that literature, like all art, is merely a game of imagination, enjoyable enough, like a new novel, but lacking in serious or practical value. The opposite could not be further from the truth. Literature protects a people's values, and ideas—love, religion, duty,
friendship, freedom, and reverence—are the most valuable aspects of human life. The Greeks were a magnificent people, but we retain only a few ideals from their enormous achievements, ideals of beauty in perishable stone and ideals of truth in imperishable prose and poetry. The Greeks, Hebrews, and Romans were defined by their ideas, which were maintained in their writings, and which dictated their value to future generations