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  • Created by: Ena_Ali
  • Created on: 27-02-17 20:00
Neutral Tone- Form
The poem is written from the point of view of a man addressing a past lover
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Form
The first and last lines of each stanza rhyme-this reflects how the memory of a past experience returns to affect the narrator in the present
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Form
final line of each stanza slows the pace of the poem creating a pause- this hints at his sadness that the relationship failed
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Structure
The first 3 stanzas centre around a specific memory, then on the last stanza the narrator reflects on love in general
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Structure
The poem ends where it began with the image of a pond- might represent how he's been repeatedly hurt by love since that day by the pond
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Language about suffering
'neutral' tone of the poem is never broken, it's clear that the narrator feels strong emotions about that day by the pond - he uses language associated with pain, death and punishment which shoes that he's hurt by what happened
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What is the poem about?
Bitterness and pessimism
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The first and last lines of each stanza rhyme-this reflects how the memory of a past experience returns to affect the narrator in the present

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