The Ballard of Reading Gaol - Oscar Wilde 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureOscar WildeA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Kittykatty2000Created on: 28-12-17 17:53 murdered in her bed - links to Porphria's lover 1 of 38 sails of silver by - the barred windows 2 of 38 within another ring 3 of 38 though I was a soul in pain, my pain I could not feel 4 of 38 the man had killed the thing he loved 5 of 38 each man kills the thing he loves 6 of 38 into an empty space - hell or nothing as soul destroyed 7 of 38 who watch him night and day - scared he will kill himself 8 of 38 slips through the padded door - unnoticed, prison want to hide what is going on behind closed doors 9 of 38 had such a debt to pay - jesus died for our sins, so why do prisoners need to die 10 of 38 adder-bitten root - cannot grow, links to how prisoner cannot grow 11 of 38 it is sweet to dance to violins 12 of 38 must set a lock upon his lips and make his face a mask - prison warders can't ask questions 13 of 38 the Devil's own brigade 14 of 38 into his numbered tomb - his grave 15 of 38 a bitter wine upon a sponge - links to Jesus 16 of 38 in the secret house of shame - don't want people to know what goes on 17 of 38 to dance upon the air - being hanged 18 of 38 around, around they waltzed and wound - prisoners 19 of 38 and what was dead was hope 20 of 38 and heard the prayer the hangman's snare, strangled into a scream 21 of 38 for he who lives more lives than one - links to Wilde and being homosexual 22 of 38 jingling keys - guards take pleasure 23 of 38 and they wore their sunday suits 24 of 38 fetters on each foot - chains, also trapping soul 25 of 38 it eats the flesh and bones by turns but it eats the heart alway 26 of 38 they mocked the swollen purple throat - guards think the pain is ammusing 27 of 38 for his mourners will be outcast men - Oscar Wilde himself an outcast 28 of 38 built with bricks of shame 29 of 38 bound with bars lest Christ should see 30 of 38 is full of chalk and lime - prisoners essentially fed poision 31 of 38 for they starve the little frightened children 32 of 38 and all, but lust, is turned to dust, in humanity's machine 33 of 38 and by all forgot, we rot and rot with soul and body marred 34 of 38 how else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in - only enters when needed 35 of 38 and his grave has got no name - no identity dead or alive 36 of 38 the man had killed the thing he love, and so he had to die - sarcastic tone 37 of 38 the brave man with a sword - saying in the end the prisoner is brave 38 of 38
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