Twice Flashcards
1
Q
“With a critical eye you scanned”
> “Now let thy judgement…
A
..stand, - / Yeah, judge me now”
- welcomed judgement of god
2
Q
“Refine with fire…
+ analysis
A
… its gold/ Purge thou its dross away”
- biblical imagery reminiscent of judgement and purification (suggests impurity of Eros love)
- biblical allusion “baptism of fire” in Mathew (voluntary judgment)
3
Q
“My hope was written on sand”
A
- impermanence of earthy love
- biblical allusion > Matthew 7 strong foundations + permanence of god
4
Q
“(O my love, O my love)” > “O my God O my God”
A
- changing repeated refrain
- apostraphe, exclamation
- taken out of parenthesis > outward full devotion to God and religious submission
5
Q
“All that I have I bring…
A
All that I am I give”
- wedding line vow to god
6
Q
“As you set it down…
A
…it broke, - Broke, but I did not wince;”
7
Q
“”The set it down”
A
- short monosyllabic rejection > emotionless cruel
8
Q
“Let me fall or stand, / Let me live or die”
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- lacks agency, submitting
- dependency and lack of power in romantic relationships
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