thirty sixth year Flashcards
1
Q
‘heart should be unmoved’
A
- no longer inspires love in others
- failure makes him feel unworthy of experiencing love himself
- juxtaposes lustful images in other poems
2
Q
‘yellow leaf’
A
- vibrancy perishing- seasons of youth are ending
- progression of age is represented through the loss of ‘flowers and fruits’
- hes a tree can no longer produce
3
Q
‘worm’
‘canker’
A
- only things he has left to him connote decay and age
- ‘canker’ - disease of fruit trees link to tree
4
Q
‘fire..lone as some volcanic isles’
A
- passion is still there (energy and inspiration) nowhere for it to go
- burns within him
5
Q
‘the hope…….’
A
asyndetic listing - represents emotions building up - occurs middle of the poem no end
- represents burning passion with nowhere to go
6
Q
‘wear the chain’
A
- passion become burden rather than joy
- lack of freedom
7
Q
structure- quatraina
A
- regular quatrains, final line cut short = reflections on mortality
8
Q
structure: - elegaic tone
A
preempting own funeral
- switches between downcast and celebratory = conflict between liveliness and love adn death and lonliness
9
Q
structure- half rhymes
A
= slow decay as anticipates death
