Anne Hathaway Flashcards
“Spinning world of forests, castles, torchlight, cliff-tops, seas”
Fantasy locations present in many fairy tales, implying that their love was almost fictional yet real. All the objects above relate to sex and sexuality implying that their love was passionate and intimate
“My lover’s words were shooting stars”
Metaphor, represents nighttime and romance. Implies that their kissing was passionate and beautiful in a way
“My body now a softer rhyme to his”
Use of language terms tie in to Shakespeare’s profession as a writer. Extended metaphor.
“Softer” - implies the curvy and more gentle nature of the shape of the female body in comparison to the mostly straight and linear nature of the male body.
“Rhyme” - implies that their bodies go together nicely and despite tiny differences they behave the same way
“Now echo”
Their bodies move together in the exact same repetitive fashion
“I dreamed he’d written me”
Implies that she is a blank slate and that he makes her come to life while making her beautiful like a piece of art/poetry
“By touch, by scent, by taste”
Their love appealed to the main senses for the action implying their closeness
“In the other bed, the best, our guests dozed on”
“Best” - superlative in parenthesis highlights that there was nothing better than this bed.
“Dozed” - lazy, half sleeping half not, boring
“Dribbling their prose”
“Dribbling” - denotations of drool, not in control, gives the impression that the guests are boring, lazy, not as passionate.
“Prose” - formal writing that lacks beauty, flexibility, less interest and skill involved than poetry
“My living laughing love”
Alliteration of L sounds, rolls of the tongue nicely further contributing to the idea of happiness, joy and compatibility
“I hold him in the casket of my widow’s head as he help me upon that next best bed”
Remembers him for the passion and love they shared. She feels happy knowing that he entrusted their bed to her as that is where the connected the most
