When We Two Parted Revision Flashcards
1
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The structure
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4 stanzas
Enclosed rhyme scheme
2
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What is the poem about
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It’s about him sleeping with other people when he’s got someone
3
Q
What words shows that he wants to end it with her but he is still liking her
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Shall I rule thee
4
Q
What sentence implies marriage
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Thy vows are all broken
5
Q
What rhetorical question shows his anger and frustrating
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Why were thou so dear
6
Q
What kind of poem is it?
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It’s a lyric poem made up of 4 octets with a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCD.
7
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Context
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First published in 1816
8
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The poem
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Starts with a bleak tone
9
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The imagery
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Of coldness carries in from the end of the 1st stanza to the beginning of the second stanza
10
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Why he wrote it
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Was of Byron’s pain in the beginning of the 1st stanza.his romantic relationship had been a secret.
