Poetry - A Complaint - William Wordsworth

iambic tetrameter
1. romantic period
2. mirrors heartbeat
3. steady beat
'A Complaint'
1. something is wrong
caesura of 'change---and'
1. highlights difference between past and present
poor
1. lost something
  1. worse of without
'fountain', 'fond' and 'flow
1. fricitive
  1. shows how much love there was
'heed' and 'need' couplet
1. definite end
'.'
1. abrupt
'consecrated', 'blest' and 'bliss above'
1. religious / holy
  1. god mad their love
    1. love was righteous
      1. why did it end?
'fountain'
1. for rich
2. life line for poor
'hidden well'
1. water source change
  1. dark / stationary / not divine
'---'
1. seperation emphasis
'silence and obscurity'
1. contrast to fountain
  1. emphasises change
'may'
1. doubt
'hath made me poor'
1. ends as start
  1. cyclical
  2. emphasises loss
    1. ideals?
    2. love?
    3. Coleridge?
William Wordsworth
1. idealist
2. french revolution
  1. originally supported it
    1. lost faith in ideals
      1. could influence this poem
3. Coleridge
  1. friend who became broken (drugs)
    1. hurt

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	Created by Zeb Summerfield over 7 years ago