When we two parted

    Cards (3)

    • When we two parted - Key quotes
      'To sever for years' - Verb sever shows the break was brutal - torn apart - they will never get back together
      'In silence and tears' - Repeated - cyclical structure - Relationship was a secret
      'A knell in mine ear' - Funeral bell symbolising death of the relationship - hearing her name is painful for him
      'Share in its shame' - sibilance- he attempt to quite the rumours he shared in this scandal - guilt?
    • Key info (WW2P)
      Cyclical structure - circle of emotions
      ABAB rhyme scheme symbolic of separation
      4 stanzas - octaves - repetitive and ongoing pain
      Semantic field of pain, hurt and sorrow
      Connotations of death
      Cold imagery
    • Who wrote when we two parted?
      Lord Byron
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