When We Two Parted

Question 1

Title

Answer 1

Direct address
Placement in middle of we two exaggerated resistance of separation
Ironic sense of mutuality- not true haha

Question 2

Language

Answer 2

‘Half broken-hearted/To sever for years’
‘Pale grew the cheek and cold’
‘They name before me/A knell in mine ear’
Sibilance ‘share in its shame’

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

End stopping ‘with silence and tears’
X2 end stop in each stanza suggests resistance to want to reflect too much- make known clearly the sharpest feelings and explicitly

Question 4

Form

Answer 4

Rigid 8 line stanza with clear ABAB rhyme scheme
Rigidity of form juxtaposed to narrators feelings of loss and confusion
Cyclical unable to move on
Controlled nature