what would i give Flashcards
structure and its significance
-3 tercets (3 lines each)
-chaiasmic structure
-simple, conveys message and shows simplicity of relationship with god
evokes holy trinity- suggesting holy trinity is all you need to be full
written
1864
rhyme
internal rhyme (suggests something is trapped on the inside)
monosyllabic significance
disguises complexities of religion and communicates message clearly
what biblical reference is ‘heart of flesh’
Ezekiel reference ‘will give you a new heart… remove your heart of stone’
(god as a cleansing force: will turn heart of stone to one of flesh)
‘heart of stone ice-cold whatever i do’
heart of stone= sin
whatever i do= apathy, frustration and desperation
“repition of ‘what would i give?”
repetition reinforces she would do anything to rid herself of sin
‘what would i give for words, if only words would come;’
can’t express herself, ironic as she is a poet (her emotions are larger than her worlds)
effet of cesurea
reflective tone
written?
1864- had already called off marriage to james collision (her love for god trumps anything)
‘O, merry friends, go your way, I have never a word to say’
indicative of exclusion, or self excluson as her friends don’t abidge by her morals
sees herself as morally superior? they are yeilsing to temptation
excludes herself to suppress her temptation
scalding tears
oxymoron of scalding tears (echos complicated relationship with god, both purity and pain to it)
‘to wash the black mark clean; and thaw the frost of years’
metaphorical for washing, cleansing of her soul and sin to be untainted (black not white- white shows purity) ro be able to get to heaven’
‘make me clean again’
clean- repetition of semantic feild of washing hints at a level of purgation needed , shows that she has sinned before
-her love for god trumps everything else.
