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Poems: Cold in the Earth (Language and Imagery (“Cold in the earth, and…
Poems: Cold in the Earth
Subject
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The speaker attempts to come to terms with continuing to live after her lover has died and been buried.
Tone
The tone is sad and somber,
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Structure
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The poem is long, .
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as the stanzas progress, the mood changes from misery and mourning to a stoic acceptance.
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The meter is iambic at points but is frequently disrupted, –
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The disrupted meter also prevents the poem from feeling calm,
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Stanza three and seven end with exclamations,
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Language and Imagery
“Cold in the earth, and the deep snow piled above thee!”
‘cold’ emphasizes the permanence of death,
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The word ‘cold’ is repeated often, emphasizing all of this and showing the speaker’s misery at the situation.
“Far, far removed”
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The alliteration and long assonant (vowel) sounds elongates the word,
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“Have I forgot, my Only Love, to love thee” -
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“That noble heart for ever, ever more?”
The heart is described as ‘noble’, –
this suggests she feels even more guilty,
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“Cold in the earth, and fifteen wild Decembers”.
The repeated refrain again emphasizes that he is dead and gone,
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“melted into Spring”
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she is beginning to live again,
Spring connotes life and hope,
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Sweet love of youth, forgive if I forget thee”.
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⦁ ‘Check’, ‘weaned’ and ‘sternly denied’ create a diction of teaching –
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