London
William Shakespeare
English
Boris Johnson
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Edgar Allan Poe
Nile
Leonardo da Vinci
Asia
Isaac Newton
reference by one text to another. Not a quotation, but an echo or indirect reference that readers are expected to recognize. Allusions are supposed to be meaningful, giving you insight into the text’s theme. “Big Water” alludes to the Iroquois creation myth.