Key quotations

Cards (4)

  • ‘As imperceptibly as grief‘
    the title and the first line. Links the idea of grief to the passing of summer
  • ’twilight long begun‘
    the tone is melancholic. suggest that grief is overtaking her happiness
  • ‘Dusk,’ ‘twilight’ and ‘summer lapsed away’

    The images of the end of a day/seasons. suggest the passing of time and life
  • ‘Summer made her light escape into the beautiful‘
    final words. suggest the passage of time is inevitable. But will end in something more positive- possibly a release in heaven. the tone of the final words is more helpful than the rest of the poem