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The Old Familiar Faces (Intro (Nostalgic reflection of persona (on past +…
The Old Familiar Faces
Intro
Popular sentimental poem
Charles Lamb in 1798
Nostalgic reflection of persona
on past + people he used to see
Central place of individual
"I"
Typical Romantic figure
Strong expression of persona's own feelings
Nostalgia
Repetition of "All..."
Spondaic rhythm of begining
Extra emphasis on "All"
Stresses utter loneliness
Cesura after "gone"
Extra importance
Loneliness + Departure
Loneliness + Departure
Last stanza
"Died
"Taken from me"
"Left me"
Pathetic fallacy
"Earth seemed a desart I was bound to traverse"
Natural elements to describe persona's feelings
Past joy + love
Associates "Friends" and "cronies"
To bossom = where heart lies
Regrets
Compares him to an "ingrate"
Cesura each line
Fragmentation + separation from past
Idealisation of Childhood
As Victor Frankenstein
Sees childhood as "joyful school-days"
≠ current situation
Fatality, past as irretrievable
Alliteration in [f]
"Le
f
t him to muse on the old
f
amiliar
f
aces"
Fading out
Feminine endings
No enjambments
Contained
Irretrievable past
