to sleep Flashcards

1
Q

‘soft embalmer of the still midnight’

A

suspended death

wishes to prevent body from decaying

everything stops

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2
Q

‘careful fingers’

A

gentle

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3
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‘embower’d from the light’

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truth

hides us from the reality of life

elongated vowels

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4
Q

‘enshaded in forgetfulness divine:’

A

helps

not thinking

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5
Q

‘soothest sleep!’

A

sibilance

soothing escape

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6
Q

‘hymn my willing eyes’

A

sleep is entrancing

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7
Q

‘amen’

A

sleep as a god

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8
Q

‘lulling charities’

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sleep as a gift

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9
Q

‘save me’

A

religious connotations

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10
Q

‘breeding many woes’

A

escape from problems

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11
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‘save me from curious conscience’

A

wants to be saved from his thoughts

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12
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‘burrowing’

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hidden

our minds can be destructive

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13
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‘sealed the hushed casket of my soul’

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sleep is natural like death

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14
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structure

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experimental sonnet - although it is a poem about love/ appreciation it is often overlooked or unusual

enjambment - calming

caesura - shows the need for sleep to interrupt our consciousness

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15
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headlines

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reality cannot live up to imagination

sleep is an escape from reality

the beauty of simple human actions

the necessity of escape to the human experience

death like sleep is natural and inevitable

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