Loves Philosophy

• who is the writer of Loves Philosophy

  Percy Shelly
• what type of poet was Shelly

  Romantic Poet
• why was Shelly expelled from Oxford

  contributed to a pamphlet about Atheism
• what are the types of language used in Loves Philosophy

  natural imagery, rhetorical question, philosophical debates
• what are the key points of Loves Philosophy

  trying to persuade someone // nature is linked to physical intimacy
• in the first stanza what does Shelly declare facts about

  couples in nature
• in the first stanza what does the writer question

  why he is not in a relationship
• in the second stanza what dose Shelly fixate on

  physical intimacy in nature
• in the second stanza what does Shelly start to ask

  why doesn't he have the same experience
• when was Shelly alive from

  1792 - 1822
• name the quote from the first stanza that evokes passive images implying that it is only natural for them to be together

  "fountains mingle with the river"
• name the quote in the first stanza that shows that the speaker is starting to question themselves, it is also the first time the letter " i " is used suggesting that the writer is relying on natural imagery

  "why not I with thine"
• name the quote in first stanza that shows the speaker using religious references to explain why they should be together, also going back to the title as the speaker uses a philosophical argument and reduces the concept of love down to a plea

  "All things by a law divine"
• name the quotes in the second stanza that form an antithesis which shows the overwhelming nature of the speakers desire, they both also light up the sky which suggests he is passionate both day and night

  " And the sunlight clasps the Earth", "And the moonbeams kiss the sea"
• name the quote from the second stanza that shows that the speaker is starting to feel like he is wasting their time trying to find love in this girl

  "what is all this sweet work worth"
• name the quote from the second stanza that is a rhetorical question so the listener is provided no catharsis, it gives the image of the speaker asking their love interest themselves

  "if thou kiss not me ? "
• what does the poem being written in the 1st person do to it

  it makes it : more personal, more intimate
• what is the rhyme scheme of the poem it links the to the theme of togetherness

  ABAB CDCD
• what does the quote "fountains mingle with the river" suggest

  a fountain is calm and beautiful whilst a river is rough and dirty, the fountain is the woman and the river is the speaker, opposites attract
• what does the quote " what is all this sweet work worth" also suggest

  'sweet work worth' is hard to say implying that the speaker is starting to feel despondent
• what poems does Loves Philosophy link to

  When we two parted, Sonnet 29- I think of thee, The farmers bride
• what does Shelly build up to in each Stanza that ends with a rhetorical question

  Philosophical Argument
• what word means the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

  Catharsis
• what is a literary device that juxtaposes opposite ideas in a parallel structure to create emphasis and clarity

  Antithesis