****** Love (Paper 1 Section C)

The Awakening (Kate Chopin)

'glances or smiles which indicated a certain advanced stage of intimacy and camaraderie' (V)
'consuming flames till the very sea sizzled when he took his daily plunge.' (V)
'the breeze soft and languorous that came up from the south, charged with the seductive odor of the sea' (V)
'A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her, - the light which, showing the way, forbids it.' (VI)
'How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!' (VI)
'The moon was coming up; and its mystic shimmer was casting a million lights across the distant, restless water.' (IX)
'She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.' (X)
'meeting and meltin with the moonlit sky' (X)
'He was childishly gratified to discover her appetite' (XIII)
'his being, his existence, which dominated her thought' (XVIII)
'It was the first kiss of her life to which her nature had really responded. It was a flaming torch that kindled desire.' (XXVII)

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'It sucked me first, and now sucks thee' (3)
'our two bloods mingled' (4)
'pampered swells with one blood made of two' (8)
'three lives in one flea spare' (10)
Stanza Structure: In total it is the union of the protagonists
Stanza 1= Flea
Stanza 2= Man
Stanza 3= Woman
Double conceit of the Flea- body is hard and polished which assists movements onto host. Common ****** image in classic literature.

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'That fond impossibility' (5)
'rob thee of a new embrace' (9)
'all joy in thy brown hair' (11)
'Like skilful mineralists that sound For treasure in un-plowed-up ground.' (14+15)
'With spoils of meaner Beauties crowned' (18)

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'She walks in beauty, like the night.' (1)
'cloudless climes and starry skies' (2)
'Meet in her aspect and her eyes.' (4)
'So soft, so calm, yet eloquent' (14)
'The smiles that win, the tints that glow' (15)
'A heart whose love is innocent!' (18)
Simplistic rhyme scheme: ABAB, mirrors simplicity of love, reinforces effects of imagery used for ****** presentation of woman.

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'Us more than friends' (6)
'And that swift sympathy With living love' (9+10)
'As Love's own pair' (18)
'Love lingered numb' (28)
'A bloom not ours' (30)
'We aching are' (36)
Frequent use of religious allusions: idea that Henniker and Hardy should have attained one another.
Consistent use of alliteration: longing for one another.

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'La Belle Dame sans Merci'= The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy
'Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild.' (15+16)
'fragrant zone' (18)
'She looked at me as she did love, And made sweet moan.' (19+20)
'I set her on my pacing steed' (21)
Imagery of 'faery'= represents a real person (poem used as warning for falling in love too quickly or becoming too infatuated).

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'betwixt her lips and mine' (1)
'between the kisses and the wine' (3)
'All night upon mine heart I felt her warm heart beat' (7)
'bought red mouth' (9)
'Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng' (14)
'lost lilies out of mind' (15)
'I cried for madder music and for stronger wine' (19)
'Yea hungry for the lips of my desire' (23)
Imagery of 'Cynara'= comes from the story of Cynara and Zeus (she rejected him and was turned into an artichoke) represents hope and love.

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