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Cards in this deck (4)
- 1'in silence and tears'the repetition of the phrase in poem, it shows that the narrator is unable to move on.
- 2'Long, long shall I rue thee / Too deeply to tell'His use of the word 'rue' meaning to bitterly regret, suggests that he feels that the relationship was not worth the intense pain he feels now.
- 3'In secret we met - / In silence I grieve'This quote 'In secret we met – In silence I grieve' (lines 25-26) demonstrates the narrator’s frustration at his inability to share with others the nature of his pain.
- 4poems we can compare it to-Neutral Tones
Contrasts:
Neutral Tones has a muted tone (which contrasts to Byron’s dramatic narration).
Uses natural imagery.
Similarities:
Circular structure.
Another narrator stuck in a painful situation.
Use of death imagery to describe his lover.
Ominous and foreboding language.
Porphyria’s Lover
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- Flashcards on Untitled, created by Arta Marija Meiksane on 01/05/2019.
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