LATEST FACE Flashcards
(13 cards)
latest face title
off the bat introduced to speaker’s shallow judgement on relationships
superlative- always changing + fleeting - rs are pointless
Latest face so effortless
speaker’s immediate focus on her physical appearance = shallow and intentions for superficial relationship
no intents to form deeper connection
your great arrival at my eyes
presents woman as undertaking a journey to see him as the final sanctified destination - priviliged and presents him as being superior -woman is submissive
‘my eyes’ - sense of entitlement and possessiveness -she’s only subject to his judgment (male gaze) - beauty is curated to appease him
your beauty had no home till then; Precious vagrant
metaphor and oxymoron shows how the woman lacks value in the absence of his presence - saviourlike male gaze
My look, and do not turn again.
imperative - speaker’s desire for control and possessiveness - entraps and confines her to his own judgements
enstop emph his control and woman’s inferiority
admirer and admired embrace
reflects power dynamics in RS - symbiotic and transactional but woman is still put on a pedestal to be perceived (objectified) for the speaker’s pleasure - still relegated to inferiority
surface level rs - no deeper connection
I contain your current grace/ you my judgement
speaker’s control over her fate
religious lang symbolises the speaker as a saviour - woman is undeserving of god’s gift
yet to move into real untidy air
presents relationships as chaotic and messy - challenges his control
lies grow dark around us: will the statue of your beauty walk?
light imagery and rhetorical question emph the speaker’s uncertainty about the future of the rs - fears that the woman will leave him which will indicate his loss of control
ref to statue shows he desires for her to remain confined in her current beautiful and youthful state - will be imminently lost and rs will fail
her beauty is presented as the factor which holds the rs tg - will eventually fade and cause it to fail
what is repeated in the last stanza of latest face and why
repeated triple interrogates reflects the speaker’s uncertainty as he only has fleeting moments with the woman - losing control
If I will not shift my ground is your power actual
questions power dynamics of relationship - ground becomes less stable = begins to lose control
denial you duck and run/ stay out of sight and double round/ leap from the sun with a mask and brand
overlapping and repeated verbs shows the speaker’s chaos and evasion of the rs - desire to escape and regain his control through leaving
leap from the sun with mask and brand/ and murder and not understand
rhyming couplet- speaker will never understand/navigate or gain full control in rs and chooses that avoidance is easier
