romance

• When we two parted: "Half broken hearted" - metaphor
• When we two parted: "pale grew thy cheek and cold colder thy kiss" - alliteration, repetition
• When we two parted: " the dew of the morning sunk chill on my brow" - metaphor
• when we two parted: "thy vows are all broken" - metaphorically emphasises betrayal
• when we two parted: "and share in its shame" - sibilance
• when we two parted: "a knell to mine ear"]
• when we two parted: "why wert thou so dear" - rhetorical question
• when we two parted: "too deeply to tell" - dichotemy
• when we two parted: "in secret we met - in silence I greive" - sibilance
• when we two parted: "how should I greet thee?" - rhetorical question
• when we two parted: "with silence and tears" - repetition, syclical structure
• The poem "Neutral Tones" describes a scene by a pond on a winter day, where the speaker reflects on a past love
• The sun is described as white, as though chidden of God, and a few gray leaves from an ash tree lay on the ground
• The speaker reflects on the dead smile of the person they were with, indicating a sense of bitterness and lost love
• The poem conveys the theme of love's deceptiveness and the pain it can bring, shaping the speaker's perception of the world
• The poem "When We Two Parted" describes the emotional aftermath of a breakup
• The speaker expresses feelings of betrayal and heartbreak after parting ways with their lover
• The imagery of coldness and sorrow is prevalent throughout the poem, reflecting the emotional state of the speaker
• neutral tones: "winter day" - pathetic fallacy
• neutral tones: "starving sod" - metaphor, sibilance
• neutral tones: "they had fallen from ash and were grey"
• neutral tones: "your eyes were eyes that rove" - repetition
• neutral tones: "the smile on your mouth was the deadest thing" - hyperbole
• neutral tones: "and a grin of bitterness swept thereby" - oximoron
• neutral tones: "like an ominous bird a-wing" - oximoron
• neutral tones: "god curst sun" - repetition
• when we two parted: bitterness, heartbreak, separation
• Winter swans: "two days of rain and then a break" - pathetic fallacy, metaphor
• winter swans: "which we walked" - alliteration
• winter swans: "and then a break..." - enmjambment
• winter swans: "the waterlogged earth" - metaphor
• winter swans: "gulping for breath" - metaphor