Latest face Flashcards
(7 cards)
What are the 2 ideas within the poem?
- speaker describing the physical appearance of this woman - beauty gives him power
- she has no power
1 - ‘latest face, so __’
effortless - effortlessly beautifyul + pleasence and ease + replaceable
1 - ‘your beauty had no home till __’
then - her beauty was worthless until he saw her, as she has to belong to someone
1 - ‘precious __, recognise my look, and do not turn again’
vagrant - oxymoron + imperitive = suggests he is rescuing her + demanding she should look soley upon him
2 - ‘on a __ level’
useless - she has no worth or power, without her beauty
1 - ‘I contain your current grace, you my __’
judgment - her worth is enirely dependant on him, as he holds the power over her beauty
2 - ‘the statue of your __ walk?’
beauty - personification = if she changes/loses her beauty, she also loses her worth