When We Two Parted

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Written by

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Lord Byron

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Published in

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1816

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Written in

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1808 - published late to conceal women’s identity

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Byron personality

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well known for scandalous affairs

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About

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Possibly Lady Frances Webster who later dated Duke of Wellington

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Stanzas

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Four octaves

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Significance of stanzas

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No change in size or grief

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Rhyme scheme

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ABAB - regular, no change in grief

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Interesting rhymes

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Rhymes ‘thee’ four times - still preoccupied - words before ‘thee’ like ‘rue’ and ‘knew’ rhyme highlighting his lack of control

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Regular rhythm significance

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Puts emphasis on words like ‘chill’ and ‘cold’ - highlights pain

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Structure

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Moves from past to present to future

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Example of link between time periods

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‘That hour foretold sorrow to this’ - enjambment emphasises link - conveys ongoing sorrow

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Repetition

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‘Long, long’ - duration of regret emphasised

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Extent of grief quote

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‘Sunk’

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Death imagery

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Relationship ending compared to death - highlights trauma

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Imagery in stanza 1

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‘Sever’, ‘pale’, ‘cold’ - all negative and relate to death - conveys pain

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Metaphor of death

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‘Knell’ - her name is like a death knell

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‘Grieve’

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Mourns - highlights true extent of pain

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Negative senses significance

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Used instead of typical pleasing senses of love poems

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Negative senses imagery examples

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‘Cold’, ‘chill’, ‘pale’ - emphasises the coldness

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Consonance

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‘Cheek and cold, colder thy kiss’ - repetition of harsh ‘k’ sound

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‘Grew’

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Growth - highlights death instead of usual usage as life in nature

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Silence theme

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‘Silence’ repeated to highlight secrecy and her lack of respect

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‘Silence’ contrasts…

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Voices in stanza 2/3 - ‘they name thee’ - highlights difficulty staying quiet

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Special bond

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‘We two’ - contrasts ‘they’ - their bond is special compared to others

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Sibilance

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‘Share in its shame’ - emphasises silence

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Extent of pain

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‘Too deeply to tell’ - must be secret, though pain is so heavy he cannot express it

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Cyclic structure

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‘Silence and tears’ - repeated at beginning and end - unable to move on after so many years

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‘Half broken-hearted’

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Only he is upset/she was half interested

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Rhetorical question

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‘Why wert thou so dear?’ - emphasises his deep emotion

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Enjambment + comparative

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‘Cold/Colder’ - emphasises heartlessness

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Accusatory language

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‘Forget’, ‘deceive’ - he is not only grieving but also blaming

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extended metaphor of time

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‘Hours’, ‘years’, ‘long’ - constantly highlighting duration of pain