Keats quotes: Isabel

Question	Answer
"poor isabel, poor simple Isabel!"	setting up of the tragic victim Isabel, first words spoken, portrays her as a weak character
"with mourn their love grew tenderer, with every eve deeper and tender still"	build up for their tragic downfall, suggests that there will be a disruption in order (dramatic irony)
"believe how i love thee"	Lorenzo confessing his love for Isabel, considered to be his hamartia, a turning point within the poem
"grew like a lusty flower in Junes caress"	natural imagery used to show their love. natural pastoral imagery, also some sexual undertones
"bowed a fair greeting to these serpents whine"	shows Lorenzo's innocence and blindness towards the brothers plotting. Serpents: religious connotations
"in torched mines and noisy factories"	separation of the wold of love from the real world --> world that the brothers live in

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