Postcard to wife
- Created by: Laurenlauritzen
- Created on: 31-01-15 19:27
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- Postcard to his wife
- 'Improverishment' = been reduce/ lessen by the lose.
- 'Dulcamara'= bitter sweet, night shade.
- 'Wish you were here'.= seen as cliché but packed with emotional meaning
- Themes: Love, Relationships, time+its passing, death.
- Overview: Intense longing, doesn't dwell in self pity. Wrote after wife died in car crash. Emotional impact.
- 'Venus de Milo'= perfect representation of beauty. Rome god of love.
- 'Only stone'= life lost meaning of beauty.
- Stanza 2: would do anything to have her back.
- 'The beds too big!'= lonely, longing for her.
- 'where hedges have wild business with roses and clematis'= sex intertwined.
- Last line: Changes cliché, cant love her anymore as he misses her too much.
- 'Uxorious'= intense/excessive love between husband+wife.
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