Ibsen & Rossetti: Quotes & Analysis Flashcards
Remember me when I am ___ ____/ Gone far away into the _____ ____
Remember
- gone away
- silent land
You tell me of ___ ______ that ___ planned:
Remember- Accusing tone
- our future
- you
Better by far that you should ______ and _____/ Than that you should ________ and be ___
Remember- strong & direct imperatives
- forget
- smile
- remember
- sad
The ____ was shut.
Shut Out- monosyllabic abrupt opening
-door
I looked between/ Its ____ ____
Shut Out- physical separation/prison-like imagery
-iron bars
My garden, ____
Shut Out- posession & ownership
-mine
From bough to bough the ____-_____ crossed
Shut Out- rigid symbolism of joy & freedom
-song-birds
It ___ been mine, and it was ____
Shut Out- conveys loss instead of possession
- had
- lost
_____ and unchanging like the grave.
Shut Out- metaphor for death as finite
-Blank
I _______ through said: ‘Let me have/Some buds to cheer my _______ state.’
Shut Out- plosives harsh sound emphasises speaker’s despair
- peering
- outcast
But one small ____ from shrub or ____
Shut Out- Skimpy echo of lavish garden
- twig
- tree
A __________ spirit kept the ____,
Shut Out- Sibilance, an ethereal whispering ghost
- shadowless
- gate
Mortar and _____
Shut Out- heavy, stable building material
-stone
naught is left _____ looking at
Shut Out- illustration of complete despair/Man’s fall from grace
-worth
And ____ they are, but not the ____:/And ____ they are, but not so dear.
Shut Out- Chiasmus/ far from the Utopia that is regarded with ecstasy
- good
- best
- dear