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15 Cards in this Set
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When we two parted by Lord Byron |
Half brokenhearted suggests that they weren’t fully in love all that she didn’t love him back I rue thee to deeply to tell he has deep regrets for the affair and doesn’t feel that the poem can fully convey the strength of his bitterness and anger |
Half Rue |
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Porphyrias lover by Robert Browning |
That moment she was mine mine he seizes and preserves this moment of control by killing her the repetition of mine is sinister Blushed bright beneath my burning case shows that he is deluded thinking the redness in her strangled face is her just blushing |
Mine Blush |
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Sonnet 29 I think of the by Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
Renew they presents Russell thy boughs imperatives reveal her longing and urgency
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Presence |
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The farmers bride by Charlotte Mews |
I chose a maid shows patriarchal society male control We chased her flying like a hare
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Neutral tones by Thomas Hardy |
We stood by a pond that wind today standing still and the cold set the tone of their relationship The smile on your face was the deadest thing Metaphor shows her feelings for him were non existent |
Pond Dead thing |
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Mother any distance by Simon armitage |
Anchor this is weight that is holding onto his mother Tape measure is an extended metaphor of an umbilical cord the line still feeding out and reeling years between us she must not let him go |
Kite Tape |
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Walking away |
Half fledged thing the son is not ready for the world and is very vulnerable Gnaws scorching wrenched are painful verbs |
Pain Thing |
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Letter from Yorkshire |
It’s not romance simply how things are portrayes the mundane reality and melancholic tone Feeding words onto a blank screen shows the speaker is soulless |
Simply Blank |
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Winter swans |
The clouds had given their all two days of rain shows the relationship pathetic fallacy and symbolises two days of argument and heartbreak Like a pair of wings settling after flight they are reunited present participle conveys how they will work on their problems |
Cloud Settle |
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Eden rock |
She pours tea from a thermos and milk straight from an old hp sauce bottle Eden rock biblical reference to the garden of Eden idyllic life |
Old Bible |
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Loves Philosophy |
Nothing in the world single conveys how she can possibly not be alone All things by a law divine religious connotations suggest that the relationship is preordained and have interest should not go against gods wishes |
Single Law |
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Follower |
His shoulders globes Like a full sail strung oh and emphasise the size of his father shoulders and similar conveys how his father had had as a great power like a sailing ship I stumbled in his job nailed wake Sons clumsiness contrasts the fathers expertise the sale of metaphors extended the father is so powerful he leaves work like a **** delays are great sons clumsiness contrasts the fathers expertise the sale of metaphors extended the father is so powerful he leaves wake like a ship he leaves a great impression on the boy |
Sail Wake |
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Before you were mine |
Those high-heeled red shoes Relics imagery of shoes symbolise vibrancy of use and they’re now relics a piece of history My loud possessive yell conveys she owned and perhaps hindered her mother |
High heels Yell |
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Singh song |
High heel tap do ground conveys a blend of Indian and western culture Is priceless baby final line shows that love means more than money |
Di Priceless |
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Climbing my grandfather |
I discover the glassy ridge of a scar he has discovered previously unknown things about his grandfather sky suggest a painful memory his thick hair soft and white this is compared to a snowy mountain top place of beauty |
Glass Hair |
