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When we two parted,

• Form: four 8 line stanzas
• ABAB rhyme scheme (the rhyme emphasises certain words such as "cold" and "kiss {line6} to hightlight pain)
• Structure: the poem moves through time, there are shifts betweeen the past, present and the future , this shows juxtaposition and that there are no change in his feelings.
• Theme of death: towards the end of the poem he uses many words to indicate death, "knell" which is the bell heard ring at a funeral
• many poets use sensory imagery to talk about their lovers however in this poem he uses negative imagery

Porphyria's lover

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