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Description
Mind Map by Toska Sadiku, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Toska Sadiku
about 9 years ago
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When We Two Parted
- Form
- 4 Stanzas with 8 Lines
- Strong ABAB rhyme scheme
- Regular rhythm
- Emphasises certain syllables (eg. "Cold" and "kiss" in Line 6) which highlights his pain
- Emphasises certain syllables (eg. "Cold" and "kiss" in Line 6) which highlights his pain
- 4 Stanzas with 8 Lines
- Structure
- The poem moves through time
- Narrator constantly shifts between past, present and future.
- Juxtaposition of the tenses emphasises that there is no change in his feelings
- Juxtaposition of the tenses emphasises that there is no change in his feelings
- Narrator constantly shifts between past, present and future.
- The poem moves through time
- Language about Death
- To the narrator, the end of their relationship is like death - this emphasises his former lover's lack of feeling for him.
- Quotes
- Even her name reminds him of a death 'knell'.
- References to cold, which could be referring to a corpse, lack of life and warmth
- Violent words like sever and broken (more linked to his pain)
- Even her name reminds him of a death 'knell'.
- To the narrator, the end of their relationship is like death - this emphasises his former lover's lack of feeling for him.
- Language of the Senses
- Typical love poetry uses descriptions that are pleasing to the senses
- The narrator uses negative descriptions
- This emphasises how he's lost love and is hurt by it, his outlook on life is now miserable and dark. Everything has miserable connotations, because the one thing in life that should be joyous, eventually caused him pain
- Quotes
- 'Pale grew thy cheek'
- 'Cold,/Colder thy kiss'
- 'The dew.../Sunk chill on my brow'
- 'A knell in mine ear'
- 'Pale grew thy cheek'
- This emphasises how he's lost love and is hurt by it, his outlook on life is now miserable and dark. Everything has miserable connotations, because the one thing in life that should be joyous, eventually caused him pain
- He reacts when her name is mentioned
- 'A shudder comes o'er me'
- 'A shudder comes o'er me'
- Typical love poetry uses descriptions that are pleasing to the senses
- Language about Silence and Secrecy
- Silence is used to reflect how the relationship was secret
- They are silent when they part and the narrator is silent about their affair both in the present and past
- The silence contrasts with the voices of his friends in the 3rd stanza, which draws attention to the fact that the speaker is unable to express how he feels - he must stay silent about the affair
- The silence contrasts with the voices of his friends in the 3rd stanza, which draws attention to the fact that the speaker is unable to express how he feels - he must stay silent about the affair
- Quotes
- 'In silence and tears' - they were forced to hide their sadness at their parting
- 'In silence and tears' - they were forced to hide their sadness at their parting
- Silence is used to reflect how the relationship was secret
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