Maude clare Flashcards
Maude
popular name in the victorian era , Tennyson “entitled maude” society fallen traditional english virtue and heroism
“followed”
inferiority
First stanza
exposition like a story gives background
“lofty step”
confident, higher up, feel sympathy or wary about maude clare
“village maid”
contrast to queen, unattractive, plain, type of woman to marry because she is loyal
“queen”
imaginative comparison= does clare think she is more attractive , unattainable unable to marry, vain
“son thomas”
dialogue and character introduced
“live as true”
faithful no passion but loyalty
“as we have done for years”
collective noun speaks for both= feminist
“But he was not so pale as you”
conjunction hints at discord, lack of success for nell and thomas
“inward strife, pale with pride”
stressed, disparity in emotions , lack of connection
“gazed long on pale maude clare”
emphasis on gaze, longing, first indicator of issue
“hearth,board,marriage bed”
3 pillars of married life, syndetic list ,
“to bless the marriage bed”
isolated line, where they need the most help
“half”
separate
“golden chain you wore about your neck”
not ring, no marital promise, symbolic of control
“ankle deep”
scandalous, superficial relationship, did not go deep enough
“plucked from the budding bough”
virginity too early, unready, trivial when it happened may have been potential in the relationship
“strove to march her” “faltered in his place”
overcome with emotion, lack of feeling
(-) “hid his face”
caesura, incoherent overcome with emotion, feels shame
“my lady nell”
pitying,polite,patronising
“if fruit the blooms were gone” “flowers, the dew”
incomplete gifts, how her marriage will be incomplete , ho incomplete of a man Thomas is
“mine” “my”
posessive pronouns, once had ownership over thomas hes not tainted, how women were considered tainted in the victorian era , rossetti flips on its head
“take” “spurn” “wear”
stoicism of nell may be naive of her, angelin the house
“and him i love”
secondary point
Maude clare personality
type of women you have sexual relationships with
What type of a form is maude clare
story telling form (ballad)
What is the word choice of maude clare
monosyllabic
