Go Lovely Rose (seen poetry) Flashcards
What figure of speech is used throughout the poem? How does using it at the beginning affect the reader’s understanding?
what is the rose used for as an image?
The personification of the rose allows the speaker to convince a woman through the rose.
Using apostrophe and personfying the rose from the beginning makes the speaker reveal that:
1) he intends to send to woman he loves
2) Progress of the stanza shows that the rose is a visual metaphor for the women and her beauty.
“tell her that wastes her time”
“how sweet and fair she seems to be”
Comment on the structure and rhyme scheme of the poem.
- ABABB rhyme scheme which is pure rhyme: echoes sturdy construction/ persuasive decisiveness rather than uncertainty.
- Shorter lines cause break in rythm but have same rhyme scheme
- long have same rhyme scheme
- steady rythm (heroic couplet: iambic feet)
What tone does the poet use?
An impassioned/persuasive tone.
Comment on the intention of the poet?
seduce her by appealing to her beauty. her modesty indicates naivety so this is extremely problematic. she must glory in her beauty for him.
Comment on the use of verbs in Stanza 1.
The speaker uses imperatives at the outset (“Go” and “tell”) which accentuates both the strong conviction and urgency in him.
Who do “her” and “she” refer to and how do the adjectives in Stanza 1 reveal his intentions towards her?
1) The love interest the speaker is pursuing. she is eluding his advances.
2) Use of flattery, even though he does not know her. Clear attempt to seduce her.
Prove, using Stanza 1, that the speaker does not know the woman well.
“seems” implies this.
only when she submits will he be able to. it is clear he wants to seduce her.
In Stanza 2, what is the speaker arguing by urging the rose to send the woman a message? what are his intentions?
That if the rose had blossomed in the desert, it would not have been worshipped. but the woman can be since she has been spotted. Therefore the opportunity should not be squandered. It is extremely manipulative; she must show hersekd to him.
What is the speaker’s main point in Stanza 3?
evidence supporting his argument: what is the value of beauty if it is hidden from sight/ if it is unappreciated?
Relate Stanza 3 to the context of the time.
women had to act modestly, thus acting embarrassed when not doing so and listening to the praise of men. So, “blush’ and “suffer” are used.
What is revealed in Stanza 4 about the speaker?
The urgency of the speaker’s emotions – imperative exclamations (“die”), instructs rose to sacrifice itself to drive his argument.
What does the speaker wish to happen to the love interest in Stanza 4?
1) he hopes that when she looks at the rose she “reads in thee” how fleeting beauty is and how much of a waste it is for her not to give in to him – an epiphany. Thus, she would succumb to him.
2) he hopes she sees herself in the rose (youthful beauty with an inevitable fate). all beauty is ephemeral.
