Remembrance
Remembrance
Structure
To new resolve to carry on without him
Moves from self-dout over her faithfullness to her dead husband
Eight 4 lined verses
Form
A lyrical, elegy or lament
Theme
Despair
Remembrance and moving on
Getting over the death of a loved one
Love
Separation and loss
Language and imagery
Dramatic use of punctuation - ? ! - to show th strength of the poet's feelings
Oxymorons - 'rapturous pain' 'divinest anguish' - the joy and pain of memory
Personification of despair
Presonification of time as an unstopable wave
Repetition - 'cold' 'severed' 'hopes' 'bliss' - emphasises the effect of death
Second half - softer hymn like - 'bliss' 'rapturous'
First half - hard, harsh words - 'cold' 'sever' 'suffereing'
Tone
Ultimate tone - determined, certainty, courage, stoicism, strength of will and purpose
Then - loving, tender, fond, and passsionate
First - questioning and doubtful
Varies - mirrors poet's emotions
Rhythm and rhyme
Feels like an outpouring of emotions
Hymnal
Slow, sobre and regular
