Love's Philosophy

Question 1

The listener is provided with no catharsis and Shelleys use of questions indicative of the persuavei style of the poem. Monosyllabic are reinforce the speakers argument, and kiss is repeated throughout the poem to emphasize the speaker ms desire

Answer 1

“Who not I with thine?”//”If thou kiss not me?”

Question 2

Links back to the title in which Shelleu compares his lack of love with a philosophical argument and is paradoxically reducing thr massive illogical concept of love to a straightforward step by step plea

Answer 2

“All things by law divine”

Question 3

Pathetic fallacy and assurance suggest how natural and splendid it would be for them to be together

Answer 3

“See the mountains kiss high heaven”

Question 4

Each form of antithesis shows the overwhelming nature of the speakers desire as he is passionate both night and day

Answer 4

“the sunlight clasp the earth”
“the moonbeams kiss the sea”

Question 5

It establishes the theme of nature from the outset, which is common for romantic poetry, and the fountains mingling with the rivers evoked passive images, implying that it is only natural for them to get together

Ocean is typically feminised motif and so speakers awe at the women he loves

Answer 5

“The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the Ocean”