Neutral tones

General Themes
1. Monochromatic
2. Love is harsh
3. Once the puzzle has been solved, love is over
4. Love deceives
Stanza 1
1. "winter day"
  1. Pathetic fallacy
  2. cold and colourless/ dead
    1. (like the relationship has become)
2. "sun was white"
  1. Lack of...
    1. Colour
    2. Warmth
    3. energy
3. "starving sod"
  1. monosyllabic, cold (God hasn't provided)
4. "ash"
  1. ambiguous
5. "gray"
  1. death
  2. lack of colour
Stanza 2
1. "eyes that rove"
  1. no eye contact
2. "tedious riddles"
  1. boring, pointless
3. "some words played"
  1. game/ complicated
  2. playful, contrasting
Stanza 3
1. "smile.... was the deadest thing"
  1. anticipation is dashed
  2. contrast
2. "grin of bitterness"
  1. contrast, cold
3. "alive enough to have strength to die"
  1. oxymoronic
  2. death= weak
  3. strength= want
4. "swept"
  1. Swiftness
5. "ominous bird-a-wing"
  1. simile
  2. warning
6. ellipses...
  1. Cliffhanger, suspense
Stanza 4
1. "since then"
  1. TIME
2. "keen lessons that love deceives"
  1. learnt the hard way
3. "wrings with wrong"
  1. leaves you emotionally drained, robbed
4. Cyclical
  1. Bad memory

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