Maude Clare Flashcards

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narrator maude clare

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detached and omniscient

no bias to either side

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rhythm maude clare

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alternating iambic tetrameter and trimeter lines

awkward meter parallels the situation

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queenly maude clare

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“lofty step”

appears superior to Nell

unashamed and proud

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Nell was like maude clare

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a “village maid”

contrast to Maude like a “queen”

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marriage maude clare

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the conversations in the poem shatter the image of marriage as a state of fulfilled love

perhaps Rossetti’s view

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innocence maude clare nell

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“so pale” - Nell

pure, unlike Maude

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Maude embodies….

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a scorned Victorian woman

victim of society

the fallen woman was a popular figure in Victorian culture

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Maude’s sarcasm

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“bless the marriage-bed”

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Maude going against society

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“we waded ankle deep”

intimacy that would’ve been inappropriate in Victorian era

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virginity maude clare

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“we plucked from the budding bough”

suggesting she lost her virginity to Thomas

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Thomas calls Maude

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“Maude Clare” which could imply their close relationship

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caesura maude clare

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” - and hid his face”

Thomas can’t articulate but Maude can

a clear critique of dominant masculinity

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blooms maude

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“the blooms were gone”

the best of Thomas has gone to Maude

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Thomas’s continued love for Maude

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implied by Nell as she says “I’ll love him till he loves me best”

persevering love

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poem ends on maude clare

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“Maude Clare” - ends on her name, suggesting she gets the last word

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Rossetti uses maude clare to comment on

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difference between
woman’s actual desires and
Limitations of her place with Victorian society

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presentation of men maude clare

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as weak - “strove to” “faltered”

as vulnerable - “pale”

contrast to Victorian expectations and shifts the power to women

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Rossetti shows maude clare

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an interest in female dialogue

power shift to Maude Clare

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Simon Mold RossettiVIBRANT

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Rossetti’s poems give a vibrant voice to the female experience,