Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
A Valediction of Weeping - Coggle Diagram
A Valediction of Weeping
Language
Conceit of Teardop
-
'when a tear falls, that thou falls which it bore' - repetition is ambiguous: literal tears or infidelity. childbirth image
'thou and I are nothing then, when on a diverse shore' - definitive, like how tears become nothing: idea of human fidelity. shore is salty like tears
'by waters sent from thee, my heaven dissolved so' - allusion to Noah's arc
-
semantic field of money
'thy face coins them' - figuratively lover's reflection, and literally providing for partner
-
-
Structure
-
complex rhyming and metrical rhythm: reflects emotions, but focus is also on the teardrop imagery
-
-
Themes and Comparisons
Loss: St Lucy's Day, Going to the Wars, Letter to her Husband
-