Ae Fond Kiss Flashcards
what is the poem about?
the pain of parting and lost love
who was this poem allegedly written about?
Agnes Macelhose - affair with Burns whilst married but travelled to Jamaica to reconcile with her husband in 1791
who was this poem allegedly written about?
Agnes Maclehose - affair with Burns whilst married but travelled to Jamaica to reconcile with her husband in 1791
what are the key themes explored in this poem?
nostalgia
the male emotion
the individual experience
what literary movement was Burns a part of?
regarded as a pioneer for the Romantic movement
strong connections with the natural world
criticised idealised notions of love and desire
emphasis on human emotion
what is the significance of the line “warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee”?
onomatopoeia of sigh (open sound) and groan (closed sound) - contrasting sounds signify internal battle representing speaker’s emotional turmoil
what is the significance of “While the star of Hope she leaves him”?
star represents love as a beacon of light, but here the guiding light of his life is parting with him - completely surrounded by darkness and despair
“Had we never lov’d sae kindly,//Had we never lov’d sae blindly!” - what is the significance of these lines?
syntactic parallels - grammatically identical lines - despite they’re parting, his feelings for her remain the same
what is the significance of the first stanza being repeated at the end?
he is unable to move on - the pain of their parting still resonates within him
what is the general structure of the poem?
written in simple quatrains
metre puts a stress on the first syllable of every line and ends each line with an unstressed syllable
feminine rhyme scheme, gives the poem sad, falling rhythm.
what are the ideas in this poem that are similar to Gatsby?
Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship - unrequited love
Barriers to love - Tom
what other poems can you link this poem to?
absent from thee
Nom Sum Qualis
Remember
At at inn
