A Complaint Flashcards
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Language
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Semantic field of water “a fountain at my fond heart’s door” vs “a comfortless and hidden well”
Love is duplicitous
“Of murmuring, sparkling living love” personification
2
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Structure
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Cyclical structure “poor” suggests a universality
“A well of love -“ caesura, love is confusing
3
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Form
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ABABCC juxtaposes seriousness of the poem
Iambic pentameter
4
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Context
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Romantic poet spirituality, Lake District
Friend of Coleridge, grew apart due to radical differences
Romanticism, how society should be reformed
5
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Links
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Valentine, Sonnet 43
