when we two parted

Question 1

who wrote when we two parted

Answer 1

lord byron

Question 2

CONTEXT - what type of lifestyle did byron lead

Answer 2

debauchery lifestyle

Question 3

CONTEXT - what type of poet was he

Answer 3

romantic poet

Question 4

CONTEXT - who was this poem written about

Answer 4

lady frances webster
who he was having an affair with at the time
she ended relationship with him

Question 5

CONTEX - quote about byron

Answer 5

mad bad and dangerous to know

Question 6

CONTEXT - what was byron veiwed as by people

Answer 6

• a celebrity
• popular eith women and conducted a vast number of affairs with women of high status

Question 7

why did byron write this poem

Answer 7

to shame the woman

Question 8

what type of poem is when we two parted

Answer 8

lyric poetry = expresses emotions

Question 9

how does byron depict himself in the poem

Answer 9

a passive victim of decietful women

Question 10

LANGUAGE - what does the use of “thee” show us

Answer 10

1. thee shows intimacy
2. thee had gone out of fashion so he uses archaic language to show his love and grief is timeless
3. thee is still found in religious circles and in marriage vows = shows relationship is sacred (along with “vows”)

Question 11

LANGUAGE - what does “half broken - hearted” show us

Answer 11

1. both are partially broken
2. the more liekly he is the only one broken
   
   • shows us the relationship is not loving or equal
     - byron wants to seem victimised by heartless woman as he is broken and she is not

Question 12

LANGUAGE - sensory description quotes

Answer 12

“hear” “knell” “ shudder”

Question 13

LANGUAGE - what do the sensory description laguage tell us

Answer 13

• the relationship is only physical and not serious (then I will contrast this by showing how he thinks it is serious)

Question 14

LANGUAGE - “vows” shows us

Answer 14

• could be her affair
• (in depth) = him and her are meant to be together as he uses marriage language to suggest they had an as sacred realtionship as a marriage (contrats sensory description point)

Question 15

LANGUAGE - “knell” (funeral bell)

Answer 15

• feeling he has for her are dead
• or relationship has ended
• as “they name thee before me” comes before this line it could show when he hears of her it kills him emotionally

Question 16

LANGUAGE - what type of word is “knell”

Answer 16

shows a metaphor, noun

Question 17

LANGUAGE - what type of word is “vows”

Answer 17

solemn promise
abstract noun

Question 18

LANGUAGE - what are the quotes that show anaphora

Answer 18

• in the last stanza
  “IN secret we met - // IN silence i grieve, “
• at the start
  “ IN silence and tears,”

Question 19

LANGUAGE - what does the anaphora show us
(anaphora is repeating same first word)

Answer 19

• the poet is doomed to repetitive nature of feelings and loss of grief
• inability to move on

Question 20

LANGUAGE - what is the quote that shows poetic inversion

Answer 20

” in silence i greive”

Question 21

LANGUAGE - what does the poetic inversion on “in silence i grieve” show us

Answer 21

• it emphaiszes the noun “silence” using the poetic inversion and shows the poet is silent due to his grief and is broken

Question 22

LANGUAGE - how is there religious context/imagery on the quote “ they know not i knew thee”

Answer 22

• to “know” someone according to the bible, old testement - means sex
• because byron uses other religious language like “vows” we can interpret it this way
• this biblical reference shows us he felt the relationship was honourable and sacred even though he was commiting adultery

Question 23

LANGUAGE - what does the very last line “with silence and tears” show us

Answer 23

• repetition to the start of the poem
  
  • cyclical nature of love he feels
  • also stuck in in an inescapable, repetitive, cyclical nautre of relationship and the pain he feels
• which overall shows us his inability to move on

Question 24

LANGUAGE - what other word is there repetition on

Answer 24

• long
• “long, long shall i rue thee”
• “after long years”
  -> adjective repeated 3 times shows us he is unable to move on

Question 25

STRUCTURE - when does the sonnet stop

Answer 25

at line 13 "thy vows are all broken" is the first line to break the sonnet form

Question 26

STRUCTURE - what does the break of sonnet form show us

Answer 26

- the poet originally follows sonnet form at the beginning showing us he though the relationship was true and worthy of sonnet form which shows love poetry - but it stops when he hears of he infidelity with a different man (could link to context here)

Question 27

STRUCTURE - what else symbolises the stop of sonnet form

Answer 27

- the caesura on the last line of the "sonnet" -> " Of what i feel now." - the fullstop is crucial as it physically reflects the stop in the sonnet

Question 28

STRUCTURE - where do the tense shifts happen

Answer 28

- the first stanza is in the past - the present starts at the end of the sonnet - the future is at the very end, in the last stanza

Question 29

STRUCTURE - what does the tense shift to future at the end show us

Answer 29

- the pain afflicted on him will last forever - unable to move on

Question 30

STRUCTURE - what does the tense shift to the present show us

Answer 30

- relationship changes with information - (of her affair with somone else (context)) and perfect sonnet form dissapears - shows us he feels heartbroken ?

Question 31

STRUCTURE - what type of verse is used in the poem

Answer 31

accentual verse

Question 32

STRUCTURE - when does the accentual verse end

Answer 32

"pale grew thy cheek and cold," - she is becoming cold to him which is reflected in the structure as the strutcrue is broken and he is rejected

Question 33

STRUCTURE - what does it tell us that the accentual verse stops

Answer 33

- shows a break in a pattern as sturcture is broken - so he feels broken and rejected - reflects shock he felt when rejected

Question 34

is there a regular rhycme schee

Answer 34

yes, regular = links to his repetitive grief

Question 35

MEANING - what is the general idea of WWTP

Answer 35

a deciet poem, he is wanting to be percieved as a perfect gentleman and the woman broke his heart, so he shames her with this poem

Question 36

important quotes

Answer 36

1. "pale grew thy cheek and cold" 2. " thy vows are all broken" 3. " a knell in mine ear" 4. " in silence and tears" , "in silence we met - // in silence i grieve" 5. "they know not i knew thee" 6. "thee" 7. "half broken hearted" 8. "long, long shall i rue thee" , "after long years"

Question 37

how is "they know not i knew thee" ambiguous

Answer 37

- we don't know who "they" is - it could be the public or his social circle as he is trying to shame Lady. F W

Question 38

LANGUAGE - "a knell to mine ear"

Answer 38

- metaphor - hyperbolises grief and anguish