Absent from Thee-Rochester Flashcards
What are the key structural methods in Absent from Thee?
- Simple quatrains with iambic tetrameter- adds to the humour and mocking tone of the poem
What are the key language methods in Absent from Thee?
- Semantic field of love and suffering
- Wordplay & dual meanings
- Cliches
- Religious imagery
Which quotes support the method of: wordplay and dual meanings?
“To wish all Day, all Night to Mourn”
-Maskes sense of time passing and being wasted in sadness
‘May I contented there expire’
Which quotes support the method of: semantic field of love and suffering?
“Absent from thee I languish still”
“that tears my fixt Heart from my Love”
“ When weried with a world of woe/ To thy safe bosom I retire”
Which quotes support the method of: cliches?
“Dear, from thine Arms then let me flie”
the speaker is being held down from his full potential
Which quotes support the method of: religious imagery?
“Faithless to thee, False, unforgiv’n/ And lose my everlasting Rest”
What literary era is Absent from Thee from?
Restoration
What is the key contextual information for Absent from Thee?
- Re-established monarchy after the Interrregnum
- Rejection of Puritan values
What are the key themes in Absent from Thee?
- Infidelity
- Masculine desire
- Manipulation and persuasion
- Liberty in love
