All content (porphyria's lover) Flashcards
What is the form of porphyria lover
Dramatic monologue
What evidence for the euthanasia interpretation
Words such as, “too weak”, “pale”, “so glad it had its upmost will”
“it tore the elm tops down for spite/ and did it worst to vex the lake”
Shows the speakers untrustworthy, and unhinged nature, as he believes the weather has a personal vendetta against him, hell bent on wreaking havoc against him. This paints the speaker as irrational
“when glided in porphyria”
Poetic inversion places emphasis on “glided”, which further highlights the speakers irrationality, as humans cannot glide
“and, last, she sat down by my side”
Commas around “last” places emphasis on it. Suggests speaker is irritated that he is last, despite the rationality of her actions
“He looked up at her”
He does not like the roles of their relationship, he feels emasculated by her, and he feels overly dependant on her, so he kills her.
“spear o’er all her yellow hair”
He feels emasculated, and feels she is too dominant in their affair
“only this time my shoulder bore”
She now fits the victorian expectations of women, which he likes
What type of rhyme is used
Masculine rhyme
What does enjambment suggest
Lack of control
What meter, and what breaks it
Iambic tetrameter, “porphyria”
