Sir Frances Bacon used many styles to write his essays depending on the intended purpose. Bacon’s diction and sentences are clear and avoid ambiguity. He primarily employs figurative speech using similes and metaphors to draw his audience to interact with his works. In the essays “Of Marriage” and “Of Negotiation,”
Bacon’s tone is objective and distant as he chooses impersonality and writes from an observatory role of human activities. However, in his essay “Of Superstition,” Bacon is subjective as he prefers atheists over superstitious people. He makes logical deductions and engages his audience with short sentences with aphorisms to persuade and convince the readers.
Bacon organizes his works in prose and maintains clarity by avoiding parenthesis. Many of Bacon’s sentences are like proverbs filled with hidden meanings; for instance, in his essay “Of Marriage and Single Life,” the author writes, “He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.” Bacon mainly uses paradox in his essays as he contrasts two or more conflicting ideas. He uses rhythm and coherent sentences to describe his philosophy in a few words.