Love's philosophy Flashcards
What is a lyric poem?
where the poet doesn’t tell a story just presents their feelings.
What is a dramatic monologue?
A speaker, speaking to a single silent listener who we don’t hear from.
Points you can make from “the mountains kiss high heaven”
- As the mountains and heaven are so close, so should they
- Shelley was an atheist so referencing heaven shows he will do what ever it takes to persuade this women to kiss him
- use of physical language “kiss” shows his frustration that he can’t actually kiss his lover
How does the first stanza make the argument stronger?
Starting with 5 ‘factual’ points makes the poet seem authoritative and accurate. This makes his final question “why not I with thine?” appear harder to disagree with/counter act.
How does the poet come across as repetitive and demanding ?
The second stanza repeats the same meaning points and structure of the first stanza showing his repetitive questioning making him seem more demanding. This is backed up by being a dramatic monologue and not hearing the response from his lover.
In addition, he only uses the one ‘natural pairing’ argument.
How does the change of description from the first stanza to the second stanza make him appear more desperate?
- First stanza has standard natural descriptions showing the obvious links
- Second stanza has more tenuous links with wider, descriptions of ‘moon beams’ and ‘heaven’ showing he is becoming more desperate for arguments as his lover presumably hasn’t changed their mind.
- verbs in the first stanza “mix” and “mingle” are gentle and not very demanding
- Verbs in second stanza show a more aggressive and physical meaning “clasp” and “kiss” showing his rowing desperation.`
What is a feminine rhyme?
A rhyme in which the last two syllables of the lines rhyme. “the ocean…sweet emotion”
What is a masculine rhyme?
A rhyme which only the last one syllable of the word at the end of the line rhymes. “with the river…mix for ever”
How does change is rhyming type support his argument?
The change from masculine to feminine and back to masculine etc reflects the mingling of males and females is natural suggesting he should being masculine should mingle with her as she is female.
How do the commas and semi colons support is argument?
They are used to link two similar points which in this case, linking two similar arguments showing how everything in this poem is linked further supporting the argument.
What does the personification of things like “mountains kiss high heaven” show?
It links the natural couple, in this case the “mountains” and “heaven”, by giving them human attributes of “kiss(ing)” to show parallels between nature and their own relationship to further back his argument.
