When we 2 parted

• Quote 1 of WW2P


  Half broken-hearted
• Quote 2 of WW2P


  A knell in mine ear
• Quote 3 of WW2P


  with silence and tears
• "Half broken-hearted"

  • only he is upset, her heart never belonged to him
  • acceptance - did he really love her ?
• "a knell in mine ear"

  • knell - slow ringing of a bell
  • funeral- mourning the loss of her, grieving
  • funeral (alternatively) - dead inside
• "with silence and tears"

  • repeated line, circular narrative - predicable ending?
  • silence - stays secret, no closure, never got over it ?- pain will never end
  • dramatic hyperbole (Ao3)- romantacism effects how we read the poem
• context: (byron)

  • poem is thought to be about is affair with the married Lady Frances Wedderburn- Webster
  • Byron felt bitter that she also had an affair with the more famous Duke of wellington
• context: (romantacism)

  • 1780- 1910
  • always right and noble to follow your heart
  • explored the pain and joy of love
  • refers to a new set of ideas- it is a mindset and a way of feeling