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
Does the ____ wind up-hill all the way?
Up-hill- Road=metaphor for life’s hardships
-road
Yes, to the very ___.
Up-hill- alludes to death & the afterlife
-end
From _____ to night, my ______.
Up-hill- answering voice=voice of experience, birth to death
- mourn
- friend
‘Resting-place’ ‘___’ ‘comfort’
Up-hill- motif of religious quest like ‘The Pilgrims Progress’ (1678) John Bunyan/ symbolic of heaven/fulfilment of God’s love
-inn
Yea, ____ for all who come
Up-hill- God’s unconditional love & acceptance of all people/ biblical allusion John 14:2
-beds
They will not keep you standing at the ____
Up-hill- Biblical allusion to Matthew 7:7
-door
Am I a _____ and not a _____
Good Friday- ‘stone’ hard & unmoving,’sheep’ led by the shepherd JC
- stone
- sheep
O Christ, beneath Thy _____,
Good Friday- Biblical Language/symbol of Christianity, reminder of JC sacrifice & devotion
- cross
Not so those _____ loved
Good Friday - Fulfilment of heavenly love
-women
Not so fallen _____ weeping bitterly;
Good Friday- Guilt about not being devoted enough
- Peter
Not so the _____ thy was moved;
Good Friday- even sinful people appreciate sacrifice/ religious salvation/redemption
-thief
A ______ of great ________ at broad noon
Good Friday- Unnatural, elemental forces can’t bare to watch JC suffering
- horror
- darkness
drop by ____ Thy blood’s slow ____,
Good Friday- Painful imagery of suffering
- drop
- loss
true ________ of the flock;
Good Friday- Sheep imagery
-Shepherd
And _____ a rock
Good Friday- violent, aggressive language
-smite
The _______________ of earthly love is tempered, for Rossetti, by the promise of ___’_ love. Ibsen offers no religious _________; a man’s love is shown to be self serving & ___________.
- disappointment
- God’s
- salvation
- controlling
