Browning- The Lost Leader Flashcards
What is the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the poem
Regular to reflect unity of speaker and audience
Dactylic tetrameter (3 stressed, 2 unstressed syllables) gives a marching quality
Just for a handful of silver he left us
Anaphora of ‘just’ creates hyperbolic tone and highlights Wordsworth’s wrongdoings
Biblical allusion to Judas creates further hyperbole
Colective pronoun emphasises collective opinion, singling out Wordsworth
Learned his great language, caught his clear accents
Lateral alliteratives create long, extended sound, reflecting journey
Juxtaposed with fricatives creating harsh, sharp sound
Structurally reflects how they admired Wordsworth and copied him
We shall march prospering
Strong epistemic modality creates tone of strength and confidence
Collective pronoun emphasises unity
Uplifting tone created
