As Imperceptibly as Grief Flashcards
poem starts with its title, reiterating the meaning
As imperceptibly as grief
Summer is leaving, dash shows things leading onto one another, grief is not separate
Summer lapsed away-
the movement is unnoticeable
too imperceptible at last
Summer moves away too unnoticeably to seem bad
seem like Perfidy
grief eventually begins after a long time
Twilight long begun
similar to in To Autumn where a season is personified, afternoon is symbolic of moving on
Nature spending with herself/ Sequestered Afternoon-
things are happening earlier and earlier, too subtle to notice but it creeps up on you
Dusk drew earlier in-
the time without the grief is foreign and out of reach
Morning foreign
imagery of religion, harrowing symbolises how painful grief can be
harrowing Grace
Grief is temporary like this simile, and goes away again
As Guest
Grief leaves as it comes: Imperceptibly
“Wing” provides imagery of going up to heaven, angels etc: Semantic field
without a wing
Extended metaphor of summer used to show how grief is temporary but the light of summer goes without obvious or sudden change
Our Summer made her light escape
Heaven is referenced as beautiful presenting loss as something that isn’t to be feared but embraced
Into the Beautiful
first impressions
juxtaposition of both grief and beauty
what was the poem written on
meditation on the nature of grief
