Elegy Flashcards
What does the persona lament?
The fact that in the future when her lover is dead no one will know how deeply she was loved
What does the title suggest?
It’s a one word contrast to RAPTURE which comes before it in the collection
What is an ELEGY?
A poem of serious reflection typically a lament for the dead
What can we see straight away in this poem?
That the tone is different as it has connotations of loss and death
What does stanza 1 ask?
Who will know once the object of her love is dead that she was so loved so passionately when she was alive
What is this poem in contrast to?
Hour where the persona claimed ‘nothing dark will end out shining our’
What does the word ‘grace’ at the end of the first line continue?
A semantic field of death
What does the alliteration of plosives in ‘bones’ and ‘brittle’ create?
A harsh tone conveying the personas anger at the idea that this love could be forgotten
What does the second stanza begin with?
A simple statement ‘love loved you best’ continuing the personification of love
The lexis is simple, what does this convey?
The idea that the persona perceived this to be a fact
When personifying love what does the persona appear to do?
Separate herself from her feelings suggesting she’s not
In control
