Isabella; Or, The Pot Of Basil Flashcards
(28 cards)
What style is Isabella written in?
- Ballad style
- Ottava rima - medieval-esque
- Iambic pentameter
‘Poor simple…
…Isabel!’
Some stir of heart, …
…some malady
Dream, …
…and nightly weep.
With every morn…
With every eve…
…their love grew tenderer
…deeper and tenderer still
She spoilt her…
…half-done broidery with the same.
With sick…
…longing all the night outwear
A whole long month of May in…
…this sad plight.
Made their cheeks…
…paler by the break of June.
Isabella: ‘O may I never see another night, …
…Lorenzo, if thy lips breathe not love’s tune.’
Honeyless days…
…and days did he let pass.
Sweet Isabella’s untouched…
…cheek / Fell sick within the rose’s just domain.
To cool her…
…infant’s pain.
‘How ill…
…she is’
His heart beat awfully…
…against his side.
He inwardly did pray…
…For power to speak.
The meekness…
…of a child.
(50) Love and…
…misery.
(53) ‘Very pale…
…and dead.’
(56) ‘But in her tone and…
…look he read the rest.’
(60-61) Lorenzo: ‘Believe how I love thee, …
…believe how near / My soul is to its doom.’
Lorenzo: ‘I cannot live…
… / Another night, and not my passion shrive.’
‘Great bliss was with them, …
… and great happiness / Grew, like a lusty flower.’
‘Sang, of delicious…
…love and honeyed dart.’
