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Question 1

About

Answer 1

-The narrator turned his detention to Damien
-He writes me a letter and keeps it to his heart
-January notice his absence and discovers he’s ill
-January resolves that Me should visit him and asks me to go first while he has a rest

Question 2

“ how shall your lady fresh may tell your woe”

Answer 2

Draw a builds comic suspense as the merchant mockingly asked them what he’s going to do next
-The reader is now prepared for the inevitable liaison between May and Damien so the narrative interest lies in the mechanics of how it is to be affected

Question 3

“ a purs of silk/ leyed it at his herte”

Answer 3

-Damien’s first movies to write a letter to me but not to send it but please in a silk purse next to his heart
-Again the conventions of Courtney Love are being mocked as in contact. The action seems rather unnecessary and completely and factual if comically affecting.
-It symbolises the intimacy and vulnerability of his feelings also contrasting the rigid social order around him

Question 4

“ as fresh as is the bright summers day”

Answer 4

-The coming shift in the balance of power between January and May is anticipated by her description of being fresh as a summers day
The incompatibility is conveyed through the imagery of the winter versus summer

Question 5

“ woeful Damian”

Answer 5

-Damien, here is the epitome of Courtney Love
-a squire of low status is portrayed as a figure consumed by love whose internal agony stands in the stark contrast to the formalities of a noble household
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Question 6

“ Damian in Venus fyr” “ died of desire”

Answer 6

-The text invoke Venus the goddess of love to emphasise the intensity of Damien’s emotions
-By referencing classical figures chose to elevate the personal terminal of his character to a universal almost mythical level
-It’s very hyperbolic conveying the extremity of Damien’s passion
-The metaphor dramatic his emotional state suggesting his love is consuming and potentially destructive as a physical fire

Question 7

“ thrifty man right able” “ wys” “ servisable”

Answer 7

-heavily ironic as a list all the good qualities that Damien has which are all good qualities for may to have an affair

Question 8

Rhymed couplets

Answer 8

-The passage is structured in this
-This formal measured structure contrast with the chaotic, heartfelt turmoil experience by Damien
-Highlighting attention between appearance and reality