One Flesh 1966

Elizabeth Jennings

• Devout catholic. Known for lyric poetry.
• 1926-2001 lived through two wars which made her writing bleak.

Language 

• Simile - "silence between them like a thread to hold" Thread is an invisible connection between them, thin and can eaisly be broken, like silence, but they choose not to break it.  Contentment?
• Personification - "Chastity faces them" As if its a person confronting them at night when its most obvious they're not together anymore.
• Metaphor - "Time itself a feather" Time is soft & fragile and they're old & Near death.

Structure 

• Irregular rhyme scheme - unpredictability of relationship.
• Pronouns - "He/she" in first stanza changes to "…