When we two parted
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- Created on: 17-02-19 12:32
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- When We Two Parted
- Form
- 4 8 line stanzas
- ABAB rhyme scheme
- Regular rhythm
- Emphasising certain words
- Structure
- Moves through time
- Shifts between past, present and, future
- Juxtaposition shows the lack of change in his feelings
- Shifts between past, present and, future
- Moves through time
- Language
- Death
- The speaker feels the end of the relationship is like a death
- "A knell to mine ear"
- Senses
- Negative descriptions of the lover
- Love poems are typically positive
- Shows how upset he was
- Feels like his lover died
- Negative descriptions of the lover
- Silence and secrecy
- "Silence" represents the secrecy
- It was an affair
- Contrasts with the voices of his friends in the third verse
- Death
- Grief
- The speaker mourns the end of the relationship like a death
- Anger
- The woman broke her promises
- She didn't feel upset about the end of the relationship
- Regret
- He regrets the relationship due to the way it ended
- Form
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