As imperceptibly as Grief Flashcards
1
Q
“summer lapsed away”
A
- Summer is like grief, way it leaves us is imperceptible
- Capitalization grief – only thing/friend she has – recluse
2
Q
“too seem like Perfidy”
A
- ‘Perfidy’ the treacherous deceit she has experienced
- Not betrayal but not wenlcome – comparison to final line she feels sameway abt grief
- Don’t feel betrayed as process of leaving is so slow – no abrupt shock
3
Q
“A quietness distilled as twilight long begun”
A
- ‘twillight’, reimagining of invisible point, which day turns night
- She is trapped in this, like a state of continuation
- Has been on for ‘long begun’
4
Q
“dusk drew in earlier”
A
- Change in line 9
- Alliterative ‘d’ creates heavy tone, as if to say running past her
- Dash cab represent her inability to take action
5
Q
“A courteous, yet harrowing grace”
A
- Caesura, may be representative of how her emotions of hatred pass into a new season of warmth and joy
- Contrast between polite disturbing – harrowing and grace
6
Q
“into the beautiful”
A
- Summer has not really died, it is us whoa re in a perishable world
- ‘beautiful’, admires the lack of grey, there is always hope
- She should embrace fact that death may even be beautiful and heaven-like
