Main Themes-Anger- Because this poem is written in the perspective of a jealous lover, its naturally going to be pretty aggressive. In stanza 8 she shouts,'What a drop! she's not little, not a minion like me.' This is an example of the tone she uses because there are exclamation marks in nearly every stanza. Many Plosive words such as 'Brand, burn up, bite,' and 'moisten and mash' and 'pound at thy powder.' All these phrases are alliterated and also create rhythm in the poem.
Death- It is quite clearly presented in this poem but phrases such as,'To carry pure death in an earing,' or 'should drop dead,' really bring this out. :)
Colours- Many are used to illustrate the scenes and feelings of the woman. The very first stanza sets the scene with 'faint smokes curling whitely.' She also talks about,'Gold oozings' and 'equisite blue' and these contrast to the texture of the second page where she uses words such as 'shrivelled' and 'burn up.'
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