When We Two Parted - Lord Byron - 1788-1824 Flashcards
1
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Structure
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Cyclical Structure
2
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Tenses
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Uses past, present, and future tenses to show he will always feel this way
3
Q
In silence and ______
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Tears ( Started and ended poem this way)
4
Q
A _____ in mine ear
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Knell ( Funeral Bells)
5
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Pale grew thy cheek and cold
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Harsh alliteration - mimics the tone
6
Q
8 lines in every stanza shows:
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No change - same feelings all throughout
7
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Repetition of thee and thy shows:
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Everything is about her (all his thoughts)
8
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What is the poem about?
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A break up with a woman he cant forget. He feels sorrowful and loves her still. It’s difficult for him to hear she is still in relationships with other men. He thinks of what would happen if they ever meet again.
9
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Semantic field of:
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Death - pale, cold, colder, sever, grief, silence
