Love and Relationships Anthology Flashcards

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'When We Two Parted'
Lord Byron
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Context
he was scandalous. sex and drug addict in debt and fled to Switzerland. The poem is about a secret relationship
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Main themes
Forbidden love, death, regret, pain, loss
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Rhyme scheme
Consistent ABABCDCD rhyme scheme. Highlights certain words such as 'tears/cold/kiss/broken/shame'. Effect of fate and certainty. Their relationship was always doomed.
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what does the repetition of ' silence and tears' and the shifting tenses show?
reflects how he was, is and will be affected in the future by this. 'Silence and tears' reflects how he must grieve the loss of his love in private as it was a secret relationship.
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cyclical structure
'in silence and tears' is seen in the second and final line. This reflects how he is in a cycle of despair as he cannot move past it.
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what is the purpose of this poem?
to highlight the pain a person feels when a relationship ends but they are still in love.
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what does the repeated pronouns ' we' , ' thee' and ' me'? show?
they show that the poet is directly addressing his lover
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'half-broken hearted'
This shows they weren't properly in love with each other. It's clear the narrator was deeply affected by their parting, so he could be accusing his lover for only being half in love with him.
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'they vows are all broken'
all the promises that have been made were broken
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'how should I greet thee?'
rhetorical question reflects need for closure on their relationship. He is unsure of how to greet her as things were never definite.
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'they name thee before me I knell in mine ear'
a knell is a funeral bell, so whenever he hears her name it reminds him of his grief, and shows the death in their relationship. Emphasises the love they lost and how deep it affected him.
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'long, long shall I rue thee'
He will bitterly regret their relationship due to the pain it has brought him and he cannot forget her
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'in secret we met, in silence i grieve'
' met' is past tense 'grieve' is present tense showing how they met in the past, however he is still affected now by their relationship
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Love's Philosophy
Percy Bysshe Shelley. 'Philosophy' - a way of thinking or a set of beliefs. 'Love's' implying the speaker feels there is only one way to express love; through physical intimacy.
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Context
The poem was written in a time when women could not be sexually promiscuous if they wanted to be accepted socially. In this sense, the speaker and his beloved have conflicting interests: he wants a physical relationship and she is denying him.
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Main Themes
love lol
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The use of personification
Shelley personifies elements of nature to suggest that love pervades nature, and that elements of nature actually feel love.
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Structure
Two stanzas, ending in a question. Regular ababcdcd rhyme scheme which creates an intertwining effect, mirroring the togetherness that the speaker longs for. Regular structure with clear patterns making the structure feel natural and the rhythm is pr
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Repetition of 'kiss' and 'clasp'
Emphasises his need for physical contact
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'All things by a law divine'
Claims that being physical is only natural. Beloved should also do what is natural. Statement is weighted with holy authority to give it legitimacy. Tries to use religion to get beloved to be with him. 'All' is hyperbolic and emphasises the speaker's
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'The winds of heaven mix for ever'
Again uses religious language to make his claims seem more legitimate, and make his beloved feel that she couldn't go against god's wishes
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Use of fallacy
The speaker argues from the general (nature) to the specific (his relationship)
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Rhetorical Question at the end
'If thou kiss not me' sounds wrong, as if the beloved not kissing him makes his words wrong, breaks the natural order of the sentence just as she breaks the p course of their relationship that the speaker feels to be natural.
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'The fountains mingle with the river/ and the rivers with the ocean'
Enjambment makes the lines flow in to each other and seem joined. 'Mingle' is an example of personification used to suggest that love pervades nature. Follows the romantic theme of seeing love in nature
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'Nothing in the world is single; all things by a law divine'
'Nothing' and 'all' is totalising language, makes the speaker seem irrational and pleading/hyperbolic. Sweeping statements which abandon logic and reason, fitting to the romantic genre
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'Why not I with thine?'
Rhetorical questions make the argument seem unequivocal. 'I' in 'thine': he wants to be part of her
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Porphyria's Lover
A man is in his cottage and Porphyria, his lover comes and sits next to him but he ignores her while she's flirting. Then he decides she loves and belongs to him and wants to preserve the moment so he strangles her with her own hair.
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Context
Robert Browning (1812-1889) was born in Camberwell, Surrey. He published Porphyria's Lover in 1836. Porphyria is a disease that can result in madness, and it is clear that the speaker is mentally disturbed.
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Form
The poem is a dramatic monologue. The asymmetrical rhyme scheme (ABABB) and enjambment suggest that the speaker is unstable. However, the regular rhythm of the poem reflects his calmness.
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Structure
In the first half of the poem, Porphyria is dominant while her lover is passive, which is shown her resting his head on her shoulder. These positions are reversed when the speaker kills her and afterwards places her head on his shoulder.
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Main Themes
Destructive love, longing, fulfilment, desire, death
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Language of possession
The speaker wants Porphyria to belong to him "for ever", but he believes that her "pride" and "vainer ties" (her higher social status) are stopping her from being with him. He is desperate to possess her, and in death she becomes his object.
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Language of love and violence
The speaker combines love and violence to reflect the troubled and destructive nature of his love- e.g "heart fit to break" and "burning kiss"
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Destructive love and longing
The cold cottage reflects the narrator's feelings of loneliness and despair when he's not with Porphyria. It could also reflect his destructive mind, foreshadowing the events that are about to unfold.
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Desire
The narrator's desire for Porphyria is shown through his physical descriptions of her "yellow hair" and "smooth white shoulder". The repetition of "and" in lines 17-20 conveys his excitement, how he's transfixed by her.
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Death
To preserve the 'moment', he kills Porphyria. He seems to love her more once she's dead. In life, he won't even speak to her, but after he kills her, he plants a "burning kiss" on her cheek and holds her "all night long".
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SORRY I NEVER FINISHED THIS i didnt even sit GCSEs lol
but good luck!!
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he was scandalous. sex and drug addict in debt and fled to Switzerland. The poem is about a secret relationship

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Forbidden love, death, regret, pain, loss

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Card 4

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Consistent ABABCDCD rhyme scheme. Highlights certain words such as 'tears/cold/kiss/broken/shame'. Effect of fate and certainty. Their relationship was always doomed.

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reflects how he was, is and will be affected in the future by this. 'Silence and tears' reflects how he must grieve the loss of his love in private as it was a secret relationship.

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