Clavis Libri

Literary device

Sensory imagery

Description that appeals to the senses (what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched) and makes the reader perceive the scene, not just understand it.

In The Master and Margarita

Over there, over there! There a house and the old servant await you, the candles are already lit, but they will soon go out, because you will find the dawn immediately.

Woland paints the refuge with "a house and the old servant" and "the candles are already lit, but they will soon go out," images that can be seen and touched. The Master's destiny becomes a concrete domestic scene, with dawn in place of the candlelight.

Part Two, Chapter 32: Forgiveness and eternal refuge, Woland