作者：Peter Clark 14 年以前
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Remembrance
The text explores a journey from self-doubt to new resolve following the death of a loved one, structured in eight four-lined verses. The language and imagery are rich, using personification of emotions and time, dramatic punctuation, and oxymorons to convey the poet'
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Remembrance Structure To new resolve to carry on without him Moves from self-dout over her faithfullness to her dead husband Eight 4 lined verses Form A lyrical, elegy or lament Theme Despair Remembrance and moving on Getting over the death of a loved one Love Separation and loss Language and imagery Dramatic use of punctuation - ? ! - to show th strength of the poet's feelings Oxymorons - 'rapturous pain' 'divinest anguish' - the joy and pain of memory Personification of despair Presonification of time as an unstopable wave Repetition - 'cold' 'severed' 'hopes' 'bliss' - emphasises the effect of death Second half - softer hymn like - 'bliss' 'rapturous' First half - hard, harsh words - 'cold' 'sever' 'suffereing' Tone Ultimate tone - determined, certainty, courage, stoicism, strength of will and purpose Then - loving, tender, fond, and passsionate First - questioning and doubtful Varies - mirrors poet's emotions Rhythm and rhyme Feels like an outpouring of emotions Hymnal Slow, sobre and regular
