A broken appointment

A broken appointment

1. 'you did not come'

   • 'you love not me'
     • "And love alone can lend you loyalty
       • alliteration
     • syntax
   • Repetition, this statement creates an empty feeling that explains the meaning of the title.
   • abrupt simple sentence

2. 'marching Time drew on and wore me numb'

   • Time is personified by marching. Creating a angry/fed up tone
     • like an army
   • the enjambment creates anticipation

3. 'as the hope-hour stroked its sum.'

   • metaphor and personification shows that after the hour is over he will have given up hope on his lover.

4. 'to soothe a time-torn man'

   • plosive- harsh sounds reinforce rejection
   • he is saying that she should have turned up anyway.
   • reflects the amount he had to wait 'time-torn'

5. the amount of punctuation in the second stanza makes it abrupt showing his anger.