Now

Question 1

Themes

Answer 1

Living in the moment, special moments, love, time, ideal love, many regard this poem as a dedication to Elizabeth Barrett

Question 2

Thoughts and feelings and soul and sense-

Answer 2

Polysyndeton (repetition of and)shows multitude of emotions in the moment

Question 3

In a rapture of rage

Answer 3

Alliteration

Question 4

You around me for once,You beneath me, above me.

Answer 4

Preposition, shows the love is imminent and omnipresent

Question 5

The moment eternal

Answer 5

Oxymoron, recognises the moment can’t last forever but the memory of the moment is significant over time

Question 6

Rhyme scheme in now

Answer 6

There is no particular rhyme scheme, and the poem doesn’t have much progression so shows it is just a moment, can also be seen as a variation/experiment of a sonnet

Question 7

How long such suspension may linger?

Answer 7

Rhetorical question, aware of time passing and it’s ephemeral