A Complaint
- Created by: Grob135
- Created on: 06-05-18 20:28
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- A Complaint- William Wordsworth
- Context
- One of the pioneers of the Romantic movement
- Themes of nature and high emotion
- Written about him and Coleridge
- Structure/ Form
- ABABCC ryhme scheme
- Rhetorical questions, "What have I? shall I dare to tell?"
- Use of hyphens create a pause for effect and make it more conversational
- "Of mumuring, sparkling, living love"- power of 3, emphasis created
- Repetition of "poor" - lack of friendship has made him poor, bookends the poem
- Imagery/ Language
- Metaphors (extended one of water)
- "A fountain at my fond hearts door" - door also suggests it can be opened (loving and public)
- "A comfortless and hidden well." - secrecy and privacy
- "Blest was I then.. for that consecrated bread"- religious imagery, christianity was an important backdrop to literature
- Metaphors (extended one of water)
- Compare to
- End of a relationship- Neutral Tones
- Unrequited love- La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- Regret- My Father Would Not Show Us
- Tone/ Mood
- Pathos- sad and depressed
- Selfish - doesn't consider the other person
- Helpess - A victim of unrequited affection?
- Context
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