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Neutral tones (Themes: winter ("winter" (represents coldness…
Neutral tones
Themes: winter
"grey"
dull colour scheme - reflects lack of life in relationship
dead leaves reflect dead relationship
repetition of imagery - emphasises these feelings
"winter"
pathetic fallacy
reflects how their relationship has frozen/stagnated
creates a bleak/lifeless tone
represents coldness between them
suggests they are not on good terms -bitterness about end of relationship
"white sun"
cold - reflects their relationship
emptiness - lack of colour
Themes: incompatibilty
"we"
pronoun only used at the start - come apart as poem progresses
struggling to let go of the idea of them together
later uses "me" "your"
demonstrates that they aren't joint/a unit anymore
"alive enough to have strength to die"
juxtaposition represents their incompatibility
too different to get along
bitter tone
barely loved him - just enough to justify relationship in the beginning - bad sign
died - fell out of love - loved him enough that it hurt for them to lose each other
"chidden of God"
disapproved by God - never going to be successful
suggests they are not a good match
Comparisons
Winter Swans
pathetic fallacy
winter - feelings of bitternes
end of relationship
When We Two Parted
feelings of bitterness
Structure
cyclical structure
reflects narrator's inability to move on
still hurt by the end of the relationship - still bitter
sense of frustration