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When We Two Parted :

‘In silence and tears, half broken hearted … ‘

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‘To sever the years’
Analysis - ‘sever’ = violent and permanent separation
‘Silence’ = secret relationship of she is because she doesn’t care much
‘Tears’ = heartbreak

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When We Two Parted :

‘Pale grew they cheek …’

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‘And cold, colder thy kiss’

Analysis - ‘cold’ = she is unaffectionate and emotional

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When We Two Parted :

‘Thy vows are …’

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‘All broken, and light thy fame’
Analysis- her reputation has suffered.
She had an affair an people will gossip about her.

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When We Two Parted :

‘Long, long shall I …’

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‘Rue thee, too deeply to tell’
Analysis - ‘rue’ = regret
‘Too deeply to tell’ = emotions are too strong to understand (hatred, anger, sadness and bitterness)

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When We Two Parted :

‘In secret we met, in silence … ‘

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‘I grieve’

Analysis - because of the secrecy he cannot express his pain openly

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When We Two Parted :

‘How should I greet thee? …’

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‘With silence and tears’

Analysis - repeated = shows he hasn’t moved on from when they Parted (feeling of bitterness)

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Love’s Philosophy :

‘The fountains that mingle with the river …’

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‘And the river with the ocean’

Analysis - water gets stronger with two things combines ~ a relationship gets stronger with two people combined

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Love’s Philosophy:

‘The Winds of Heaven mix …’

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‘For ever, with a sweet emotion’
Analysis - personifies natural elements
- he thinks that a relationship with the girl would be good in the eyes of heaven

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Love’s philosophy:

‘Nothing in the world is single, all things by a law divine …’

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‘In one another’s being mingle - why not I with thine? ‘

Analysis - rhetorical question = trying to persuade the woman

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Love’s Philosophy:

And the sunlight slash’s the earth …’

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‘And the moonbeams kiss the sea’

Analysis - ‘kiss’ = his focus. His main purpose is to get a kiss

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Love’s Philosophy:

‘What are all these kissings …’

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‘Worth if thou kiss not me ?’

Analysis - nature’s pairings are worth nothing unless he can unite with his lover

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Porphyria’s lover :

‘Murmuring …’

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‘How she loved me’
Analysis- that is what he wants but the reason why he kills porphyria is so she can commit to him completely suggesting that it is in his head.

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Porphyria’s Lover :

‘ At last I knew …’

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‘Porphyria worshipped me’
Analysis - what he wanted
- has been waiting for this and wants to keep a hold of this moment

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Porphyria’s Lover :

‘Made my …’

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‘ my sheet lie there ‘
Analysis - Porphyria is controlling
- her higher class alllows her to be able to do this. The reference about her gloves suggests her status.
Verb ‘ made ‘ suggests she is active and forces himto submit.

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Porphyria’s Lover:

‘Only, this time …’

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‘My shoulder bore her head’
Analysis - he wanted to control (compare to when porphyria did the same thing )
- he expects to get control because he is a man although porphyria ks of a higher class than him which may make him feel conflicted about the control he feels he has over her and the relationship.

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Sonnet 29 :

‘Wild vines …’

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‘About a tree’
Analysis - Browning is the tree
- she always thinks about him
- he is always around her because vines wrap around a tree although he isn’t there physically.

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Sonnet 29 :

‘Renew …’

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‘Thy presence’
Analysis - ‘renew’ = imperative verb.
- she is becoming patient and can’t wait to see him anymore

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Sonnet 29 :

‘Breathe within thy …’

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‘Shadow a new air’
Analysis - metaphor
- when he is physically with her she will feel renewed and hopeful. She is willing (& keen perhaps) to be overshadowed by him.
- when he is back and he will in control she will be submissive and passive (gender roles)

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Sonnet 29 :

‘I do not think of …’

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‘Thee - I am too near thee’
Analysis - once she is with him her thoughts will be unnecessary as he will be with her physically.
- reassures herself that everything will be fine once he gets back and is with her.

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Neutral Tones :

‘Grin of …’

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‘Bitterness’

Analysis - juxtaposition = feels hurt by her uncaring attitude

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Neutral Tones :

‘Since then, keen lessons …’

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‘That love deceives’
Analysis - this is what he has learnt from the relationship.
- ‘keen’v sharp. He is still hurt by the relationship and expresses his hurt with a bitter attitude .
- implies that he believes love tricks the lover

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Neutral Tones :

‘ God - curst …’

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‘Sun’
Analysis - negative description (opposite to sun normally positive)
- draining hope of the relationship
- regrets the relationship

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Letters From Yorkshire :

‘ Seeing the …’

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‘ seasons turning ‘
Analysis - he is close to nature. Enjoys it despite the hard aspects (shows long distance relationship)
Time passing

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Letters From Yorkshire :

‘feeding words onto …’

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‘ a blank screen ‘
Analysis - personification
- her work seems lifeless and unrewarding.
- the man’s work is in nature so he experiences a lot more. This implies that’s his work is unpredictable and rewarding , whereas her work is unrewarding because it is predictable

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Letters From Yorkshire :

‘ Our souls tap out …’

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‘Messages across the icy miles’
Analysis - ‘our’ collective pronoun
- ‘souls two out messages’ connection between their souls remain strong through the letters

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The Farmer’s Bride :

‘We chased her, …’

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‘Flying like a hard ‘
Analysis - men are predatory
- simile shows she is helpless and vulnerable
- ‘we’ groups vs. individual

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The Farmer’s Bride :

‘Turned the key …’

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‘Upon her, fast’
Analysis- imprisoned
- ‘fast’ = implies they see her as a danger
- a group had to catch her. This implies that she may be a danger
- but the reader may see sympathy in her and say it is just her way of self defence and her way of trying to escape

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The Farmer’s Bride :

‘Sweet as the …’

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‘ first wild violets’
Analysis - ‘wild’ refers to her madness
- ‘sweet’ juxtaposes ‘wild’ because she is also described as young and innocent but is also seen as a danger
- she has a relationship with nature but not him . He expects more.

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The Farmer’s Bride:

‘But what …’

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‘To me ?’

Analysis- wants control over he but questions himself

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The Farmer’s Bride:

‘ her eyes, her …’

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‘Hair, her hair ! ‘
Analysis - repetition
- exclamation marks no full sentences

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Walking Away :

‘ Like a satellite wrenched …’

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‘Form its orbit, go drifting away‘
Analysis- simile = being taken away from safety
- ‘drifting’ reflects the gradual process of separation

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Walking Away :

‘ half - fledged thing …’

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‘ set free into a wilderness’
Analysis - ‘fledged’ = a bird ready to fly
- ‘Half’ = suggests the boy isn’t ready to walk away (father’s point of view)
- ‘set free’ = implies the opportunities that come with independence
- ‘wilderness’ = father’s view of the adult world

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Walking Away :

‘ love is proved …’

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‘In the letting go’
Analysis - ‘love is proved’ the strength of the father’s love for his son is demonstrated by letting him go and grow up.
- ‘letting go’ it is the right thing to do, but he feels sad about it.

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Eden Rock:

‘They are waiting for …’

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‘me so where behind Eden Rock’
Analysis - mysterious
- Eden suggests ‘paradise’
- suggests his parents are in heaven

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Eden Rock :

‘ the sky whitenes …’

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‘ as if lit by three suns’

Analysis - ‘ three suns ‘ trinity and the three members of the family

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Eden Rock :

‘Crossing is not as …’

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‘ hard as you might think’

Analysis - suggested he thinks it is worth suffering death and seeing his parents or not doing any of that

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Follower :

‘An …’

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‘Expert’
Analysis - looks up to his father
- wants to be like him

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Follower :

‘ I stumbled in his …’

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‘ hob - nailed wake ‘
Analysis - struggle to keep up with his father
- ‘hob-nailed wake’ - tries to follow if his example

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Follower:

‘But today it is my …’

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‘ father who keeps stumbling behind me’
Analysis - he is now ahead and his father is struggling to keep up with him.
- ‘stumbling’ he is old and weak now

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Mother, Any Distance :

‘ Anchor…’

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‘Kite’
Analysis - ‘anchor’ = mother, ‘kite’ = son
- ‘anchor’ = security, holds him back, Leo’s him grounded
- ‘kite’ = trying to be independent, weak in the wind = danger, relying on the string = relying on the mother

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Mother, Any Distance :

‘Climb’ and ….

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‘Reach’
Analysis - ‘climb’ son trying to be independent
- ‘reach’ mother trying to keep hold of her son

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Mother, Any Distance :

‘Fingertips …’

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‘Still pinch ‘

Analysis - mother is reluctant to let her son go

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Mother, Any Distance :

‘ an endless sky …’

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‘ to fall or fly ’
Analysis - ‘endless sky’ opportunity that comes with independence
- ‘Fall or fly’ alliteration emphasises the contrast. He may thrive to fail without his mother, risk

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Before You Were Mine :

‘ my loud … ‘

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‘ possessive yell’
Analysis - negative and demanding
- tone changes from youth to mother hood ~ you have to look after someone else and tell the what to do ~ her new responsibilities
- when she was young she had no responsibility

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Before You Aere Mine :

‘ my hands in those …’

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‘ High-heeled red shoes, relics ’
Analysis - her glamorous life has been taken away by motherhood
- alliteration of ‘r’

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Before You Were Mine :

‘ sparkle and waltz …’

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‘ and laugh ‘
Analysis- reflects the fun the mother had as a teen which was in the past and also the fun the mother can have with her daughter in the future

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Winter Swans :

‘ the clouds had …’

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‘ given their all ‘

Analysis - pathetic fallacy ~ ‘clouds’ reflects something bad may have happened (their argument)

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Winter Swans :

‘ silent and apart, until …’

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‘ the swans came ‘

Analysis - distance and awkwardness after their argument until the swans cam and changed the focus

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Winter Swans :

‘ hands swum the distance …’

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‘ between us ‘
Analysis - subconscious movement ~ swans guide the couple to make up (its physical and emotional reconciliation)
- ‘swum’ personification l’innesco the swans to the lovers

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Winter Swans :

‘ like a pair of wings …’

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‘ settling after flight ‘

Analysis - reflects the calm after the uncertainty of the argument

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Singh Song :

‘ but ven nobody in …’

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‘ I do di lock ‘
Analysis - contrasts to older generation ~ stereotypes- Indians are seen as hardworking whereas he doesn’t really care about work

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Singh Song :

‘ my …’

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‘Bride’
Analysis - he is possessive of her
- proud that she is his
- he adores her

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Singh Song :

‘ tiny eyes …’

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‘ ov a gun’
Analysis - metaphor ~ assertive
- she is dangerous and strong and rebellious

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Singh Song :

‘ is priceless …’

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‘Baby’
Analysis - gender and loving
- she is worth a lot to him ~ could be why he’s so possessive of her

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Singh Song :

‘ vee stare past di half-price …’

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‘ window signs […] brighter moon’
Analysis - looking from normal, everyday life of the shop to the more romantic image of the moon
- ‘stare past’ desire for something more ~ doesn’t follow the stereotype

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Climbing My Grandfather :

‘ I decide to do it free …’

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‘ I without rope or net ‘

Analysis - ‘free’ = he has clear memories of his grandfather

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Climbing My Grandfather :

‘ glassy ridge ‘ and …

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‘ summit ‘

Analysis- fragile to him ~ doesn’t want to remember difficult times

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Climbing My Grandfather :

‘ climbing has …’

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‘ it’s dangers ‘

Analysis - remembering could be upsetting or he might realise that he has forgotten details

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Climbing My Grandfather:

‘ knowing, slow pulse …’

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‘ of his good heart ‘

Analysis - remembering has allowed him to know his grandfather. Close and affectionate relationship

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