Porphyria’s lover Flashcards

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The rhythm of it is..

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Regular making him seem robotic and showing no emotion

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Very sudden when he kills her..

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Showing he had no emotion to do with this plus the caesura shows how her death is not big enough for a new line .

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Blushed bright..

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Beneath my burning kiss…. This shows he thinks she’s blushing but in reality all the blood has gone to her head

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So glad it..

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Has its utmost will, this shows how he’s saying she’s happy she died and she wanted to. Also he calls her “it” showing how he now views her more as an object

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After she says he loves her what happens

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There is a Volta/ change in tone and. The Poem becomes a much faster pace and frantic

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