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Hour
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Mind Map on Hour, created by eilishhardy on 03/12/2014.
Mind Map by
eilishhardy
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eilishhardy
about 11 years ago
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Hour
poem describes an hour spent between the narrator and her lover
poet personifies time as love's enemy but in this perfect moment love almost manages to stop time
Form
poem is addressed to her lover
makes it seem direct and intimate
enjambment between 2nd&3rd, and 3rd &4th stanza creates pauses that reflect stopping of time that they're experiencing
sonnet
structure
first two lines are personification of love & time but also has memories of specific afternoon
final couplet links back to personified images of love and time in first stanza
made up of one syllable words-make it forceful and direct ending to quite a dreamy poem
language about time
time is portrayed as love's enemy
imagery isn't precise-suggests the dreamy experience of the lovers
'love's time beggar' 'even a single hour'
love is dependant on time, but time doesn't need love
love makes people beg for time
goes to fast
'for thousands of seconds'
gives sense of time slowing down
cheating time-making it seem more by counting in smallest division
'now'
single word brings focus onto single moment poet is trying to capture
language about money&wealth
'bright as a dropped coin'
simile-hour is more precious for being unexpected
or the hour's like a coin that's been dropped as for a beggar
you feel rich that you have love
'backhanding'
suggests bribing as well as pushing back the nigh
'spins gold, gold, gold from straw'
repetition-adds emphasis to how wonderful this time is
also adds to sense of time being slowly spun out
creating something precious from something ordinary makes seem like magic
love is the winner
rumpelstiltskin-fairytale
materials
flowers
wine
'summer sky and a grass ditch'
contrast
beauty and simple
untraditional
'midas light turning your limbs to gold'
light at sunset makes everything look golden
might symbolise the way that loves makes everything look different
love isn't always what you expect
'no jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit'
through eyes of lover everything looks precious
'spit'- they're so happy
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