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8 Cards in this Set
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theme |
grief , pain , loneliness excellent eg of simple elegiac tone |
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literary devices |
sound and imagery |
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uses sights and sounds to convey state of mind and mood conveys grief indirectly through imagery and sound restraint/control in the utterances serve to convey intensity of pain |
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imagery/sound (stanza 1) |
image of cold grey stone brings to mind picture of graveyard projecting poets mood and gloom and bareness without hallams companionship repetition of word 'break' captures onomatopoeic rhythm of waves, breaking of sea suggesting waves of grief dashing endlessli in poets mind long drawn out vowel sounds( break, cold , stone, grey , sea)contribute toward melancholic tone of poem |
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imagery/sound (stanza 2,3) |
fishermans'boy playing with his sister , sailor lad singing cheerfully in his boat, stately ship sail towards harbour to reunite with their loved ones) depict happy scene contrast poets grief puts emphasis on poets loneliness and loss vanished hand and sound of voice that is still conveys absence and loss |
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imagery/ sound (stanza 4) |
repetition of sound 'break' conveys monotonous sound of sea washing over the crag tender grace of day that is dead - poet accepts the irrevocable nature of loss tender grace - harmonious moments spent |
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symbolism |
sea - dual role, it is symbol of life yet erodes the crag cycle of life(gives and takes away) by understanding sea he accepts loss as cycle of life |
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quotes |
Break, break, break At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
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