Shut Out Flashcards
1
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Structure for Shut Out
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Equal stanza length > God is fair/equal/unchangeable
Quatrains
Iambic
Change in tone in 3rd stanza > serious/dark
The last stanza returns to iambic
2
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Context
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Biographical?: broken engagement / death of her father.
Religion: Garden of Eden and Eve’s banishment (could be Rossetti contemplating a life of religious devotion.
Pre-Raphaelite: Natural imagery.
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