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Symptoms of Love by Robert Graves - Coggle Diagram
Symptoms of Love
by Robert Graves
Themes
difficulties in relationships.
unexpected consequences in love.
impact of love.
power of love.
overcoming difficulties.
Possible Pairings
I am very bothered
Structure
Versification
3 irregular tercets.
short, concise, concetrated.
Rhyme and Rhythm
slant rhymes
migraine, vision, reason, stain, pain.
zinging resonate sounds.
something taking over you.
stain, pain.
links together.
true rhyme, but not technically cause
it's not at the end of the line.
no regular rhyme as it is freeverse.
done deliberately - effect?
moaning because of the pain.
Enjambment
blotting out reason.
a bright stain on the vision.
adds weight to metaphor,
describing love as a stain.
run on line helos create the idea that love has agency.
Juxtaposition
juxtaposition of short exclamatory sentence is given extra weight when contrasted with the dreading long list of ailments caused by love.
all the pain and suffering was worth it.
shows positivity and love despite the torture.
Diction
the predominance of word choices associated with suffering promotes the idea of love as a melody.
universal migraine.
stain on the vision.
blotting out reason.
leanness.
jealousy.
nightmares.
such pain.
Aural Image
"n" sound: pain, migraine, vision,
reason; "aine", "on".
no control in nice, neat
rhymes and rhythms.
overcome by agony.
Alliteration
blotting, bright
hardh, reinforces idea that suffering will be involved through
the repetition of aggressive, plosive 'b' sounds.
Assonance
'ai' in migraine, pain.
resonates.
internal rhyme adds an affective sonic duality as it forces the reader to almost hear the painful grumbling of the suffering.
sound of agony brings his sorrowful condition to life helping the reader to understand how uncomfortable he feels.
Figurative Language
Extended Metaphor
love is universal migraine: illness, disease, suffering; everyone complains. ectenxed with 'blotting out vision', cos that's what migraines do.
Personification
love is a muse
inspirational figure.
sense/feeling of respect for love.
empowers love through by referring to her as a type of muse, a mystical female force whose presence is physical and nurturing.
Voice
third person to first person.
"take courage, lover!"
talks to use directly, voice of afflicted lover.
in robert's own voice.
Form
free verse.
focused word chouce.
unusual rhyme.
less artificial.
Tone
transforms from a tone of resignation and disappointment in the suffering caused by love to a more optimistic tone when the speaker claim that love itself provides the:
sensual, when she touches.
blissful in dark room.
searching look.
touch of her fingers = magic.
physical pleasure, ectasy.
worth it.
tone shift made with strong emphatic end stopped line opening the final stanza.