A complaint - William Woodsworth
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- Created on: 08-10-18 11:06
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- A Complaint
- Past
- 'A fountain at my fond heart's door'
- Love is flowing - never ending like a fountain
- 'heed'....'need'
- Rhyming couplets --> repetitive thoughts
- 'What happy moments did i count!'
- Joy
- 'Now, for that consecrated fount'
- Tonal shift
- 'consecrated' = holy/sacred
- 'A fountain at my fond heart's door'
- Present
- 'hidden well'
- the 'fountain' stops flowing --> (love) is hidden "underground"
- 'well of love'
- 'still' love --> all the love is there, but it isn't flowing anymore.
- 'I trust it is'
- Desperate to believe in love
- 'never dry'
- The love is being constantly replenished, even if he doesn't know it
- 'What matter? if the waters sleep'
- Love doesn't matter unless you can see it
- 'hidden well'
- Context
- Best friends
- End of friendship
- Separating
- Past
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