love's philosophy Flashcards
shelley
who wrote love’s philosophy
shelley
context about shelley
- a romantic poet
- expelled from uni for writing in favour of atheism
how is shelley in this poem a romatnic poet
love’s philosophy fits the romantic poets conventions by being
- free from marriage and open in society, not shut down by rules
- uses natural imagery
was shelley an atherist
shelley was a staunch atheist
what is love’s philosophy about
- male speaker convincing woman into physical relationship
STRUCTURE - is teh rhyme scheme regular or irregular
regular
STRUCTURE - example of masculine and feminine rhyme
- masc = river
- fem = ocean
STRUCTURE - what does shelley’s use of masc and fem rhyme show
- shelley’s rhyme migles together just like he wants them to do
- him as masculine and lover as feminine
- ryhme scheme reflects migling of masculine and feminine
- which he uses to persuade her adn back up his arguement
-> shown by physical mingling of words
STRUCTURE - what is theh formal arguement structure
5 clear assertion presented as facts (ex “ the faountains mingle with the river” as the first assertion
STRUCTURE - what does the speaker gain from starting with assertions
- makes him appear astute and authoritative adn accurate
- which makes point seem more accurate
STRUCTURE - how is starting with the assertions making the weight of the arguement seem stronger
because all before he said is true so then when he asks the question at the end its making that seem as though it is true and should happen
STRUCTURE - what do the rhetorical questions show
- the speaker is challening her (especially with assertions before) as he says how things should be
- stops the natural flow of the poem
STRUCTURE - how is punctuation used to back up the arguement
- semi colons “with a sweet emotion; “ and “ the waves clasp one another;” and the colon on “ if it disdained it’s brother:”
- shows that the whole argument is linked just as nature is migling together, the poem is also
STRUCTURE - how does the rhyme shcme bein gin pairs back up the arguement
shows nothing is alone and everything has it’s pairs liek they should be
STRUCTURE - how do the assertions present the speaker as demanding
- repetition of similar structure in both stanzas
-> reflects the repeitive demands of the speaker - like the first stanza of persuasion wasn’t successful
-> so he repeats his argument to convince her
-> more deperate and demanding, won’t accept no
argUment
STRUCTURE - is this poem lyric poetry or a dramatic monologue
- lyric poetry if his own personal experience
- dramatic monologue is not him
LANGUAGE - examples of religious imagery
” heaven” “divine” “ forgiven”
LANGUAGE - what does the religious imagery show
- manipulated her by comparing the relationship to being perfect, sacred and holy
LANGUAGE - why would religious imagery manipulate the woman
- religious as Victorian time so they believed in God
- speaker is sayign to be in a relationship outside of marriage which would’ve been sinful
-> using religious imagery makes it seem blessed by God, permitted and OK to do
LANGUAGE - how does the religious imagery to show shelley to be disingenuous
- shelley was an atheist
-> he is using everything he can think of to persuade her (desperate) - SATIRICAL
————–(if speaker is shelley)————————–
LANGUAGE - how does the RQ show 1. dramtic monologue,, 2. speaker is demanding
never hear her response,
2. so speaker is controllign and thinks she is unimportant ???
LANGUAGE - first stanza natural imagery examples
” fountains “ “rivers” “ oceans” “winds”
LANGUAGE - second stanza natura imagery examples
” sunlight” “moonbeams” “earth”
LANGUAGE - first stanza verbs
“mingle” “mix”
LANGUAGE - second stanza verbs
” clasps” “kiss”
LANGUAGE - how does the personification back up argument
- drawing parallels between nature and relationship
LANGUAGE - what does the forced personification of these parallels suggest
speaker’s desperation
LANGUAGE - what happens to the imagery as the poem goes on
- it widens it’s scope
- the speaker progresses to grander images to persuade her
- ex in first stanza = earth based imagery
- ex in second stanza = celestial imagery
LANGUAGE - what happens to the imagery in the second stanza
- transcends from earth based imagery
- to celestial, wider , MACRO - imagery
-> that goes outside of the earth
LANGUAGE - what does the macro imagery show us
- the speaker is becoming more desperate
-> as he progresses to grander images to persuade her
-> and the natural imagery becomes more expansive
-» he is trying to think of every possibility to get them together
OPENING - what does the speaker want to happen, what is the point of this poem
- male speaker ocninving woman inot physical relationshio
- wants her/us to beleive that the cohersivenes and unity in nature should be relfected by the unity of them
- this could show the speaker as a domeniering male who is demadning and manipulating her into a physical relationship that at the time was taboo outside of marriage
- or that the speaker is so obsessed with her that everything he sees around him in nature backs up his argument
LANGUAGE - what does the quote “ no sister flower would be forgiven if it disdained it’s brother” show us/mean
- speaker is trying to seem more innocent
quotes to learn
- ” the fountains mingle with the river”
- ” and the rivers with the ocean”
- ” all things by a law divine”
- “no sister flower would be forgiven if it disdained its brother”
- “and the sunligh clasps the earth”
- ” and the moonlight kiss the sea”
- “why not i with thine” “ if thou kiss not me”
