When We Two Parted Flashcards

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“Half broken hearted”

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(Metaphor)
- it’s only the speaker who is heart broken
- as the marriage was illicit could suggest they weren’t actually properly in love

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“Thy vows are all broken”

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(Irony)
The speaker is one of the many affairs of this women and in reality she made no vows to him

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“A knell to mine ear”

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(Metaphor)
A knell is a death bell, and the sound of her name is painful to him, and reminds him of the death of their relationship

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“Silence and tears”

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(Repetition)
The speaker repeats this at the beginning and end of the poem showing a cyclic structure, representing he is unable to move on

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“Share in its shame “

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(Sibilance)
Makes a ‘sh’ relating to silence. Reminder that their relationship was a secret and illicit

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