When We Two Parted

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  • When We Two Parted - Lord Byron
    • Language
      • Quotes to indicate separation
        • Parted
          • Indicates that a relationship has ended
        • Half -Broken
          • Only one of them is hurt
        • Sever
          • A violent, dramatic breakup
        • Broken
          • Links to stanza 1 - broken -hearted
        • " - "
          • Hyphen - separate the lines
      • "Share in its shame"
        • "SH" - silence
          • Involved in her shame
            • Ashamed and foolish
        • Sibelance
      • "Rue"
        • Untitled
    • Context
      • Byron had an affair with Lady Frances - married to Lord Webster
      • Interested in individual experience, fellings and political ideas about freedom
      • Byron never names his lovers to create ambiguity
      • Lady Webster was having an affair with Lord Wellington in 1816
      • Byron had many affairs
      • Had a bad reputation - 'mad,bad, and dangerous to know
      • C19th Romantic poets
    • Form and Structure
      • Circular Narrative
        • "In silence and Tears" - line 2
          • "With silence and Tears" - line 33
            • Still has not gotten over his love
              • Represents the cycle of heartbreak
          • Still has not gotten over his love
            • Represents the cycle of heartbreak
      • Rhyme Scheme
        • ABAB
          • Constant repeated pattern
            • Shows that he is having the same thoughts over and over
      • End-Stopped line
        • Creates distance
      • Enjambment
        • Ongoing sorrow and pain
    • Main Ideas
      • Betrayal
      • Separation
      • Heartbreak
      • Scandal

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