Isabella, or the Pot of Basil Flashcards
fair isabel…
fair ____, poor ____ Isabel! Lorenzo a ____ palmer in Love’s ____!
- seem naive and young, innocent and in love
- lorenzo is a loving good character, archetypal
- poor foreshadows grief and suffering
fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel! Lorenzo a young palmer in Love’s eye!
her face…
her ____ was ____ to the same ____
- symbol of nature connecting them
- peaceful natural imagery connotes fertility, love, beauty
- relationship through lense of nature, romantic poet
her face was turned to the same skies
thou art…
thou ____ leading me from ____ cold, ____ leadest me to ____ clime
- pathetic fallacy, weather reflects their relationship
- cold is sad and longing
- summer is love happyness and peace
- passage of time also viewed, commitment to love
thou art leading me from wintry cold, thou leadest me to summer clime
for them…
for ____ many a ____ hand did ____ in ____ mines and noisy ____
- setting shift from nature to manmade structures, good to evil
- romantics disliked industrial revolution, hated setting
- imagery of pain and suffering describes brothers
- brutal language contrasts peace and love, villains
for them many a weary hand did swelt in torched mines and noisy factories
twas their plan…
____ their ____ to coax her by ____ to some ____ noble and his ____ trees
- wanted to market own sister
- women objectified and viewed as commodities
- control they hold over her
twas their plan to coax her by degrees to some high noble and his olive-trees
cut mercy…
cut ____ with a ____ knife to the ___
- violent language, not phased by their barbaric actions
- destroy mercy with no regrets, pantomime villains
- Lorenzo pure and innocent
cut mercy with a sharp knife to the bone
there was Lorenzo…
there ____ Lorenzo ____ and ____ in, there in that ____ did his ____ love cease
- forest is onimous, silent as trees muffle sound
- isolated, seperate and lonely
- tragic high place for his death, fall
- tragic victim of brothers
- ‘till death do us part’ only death broke their love, Isabel defies against this
there was Lorenzo slain and buried in, there in that forest did his great love cease
she calmed…
she ____ its wild ____ with a golden ____
- calm and caring, looking after him
- treated with honour and respect, unlike brothers
- could its dehumanise him, everyone else accept his death but her?
she calmed its wild hair with a golden comb
what feverous…
-what ____ hectic ____ burns in thee, ___?
- (-)emphasises the line, stands out from others and seperates narration
- human thoughts and comments
- dialouge is a method
what feverous hectic flame burns in thee, child?
among the dead…
____ the dead she ____ like a ____
- nature association but now dead
- she is physically decaying like a plant
- connection to nature severed, love broken and now in grief
- back in present
among the dead she withers like a palm
from mouth…
from ____ to mouth ____ country ____ still is the ____ sung
- becomes infamous around Florence for the love for the basil
- made into a comedic event? cruel addition to her grief
- downfall in reputation, appears mad
from mouth to mouth through country passed still is the burden sung
