Woman's Constancy
Summary
Themes
Speaker's Voice
Key analysis
Time
Commitment
Fear
Loyalty
Cynical
Ironic
Urgent
Childish
Unsure
Flippant
Amusing
A speaker addressing his ,over before they spend the night together. He questions he love, honour, values and commitment. He does this by presenting all the reasons she may not love him.
Pattern of prepositions / temporal adverbs
‘Now’, ‘one whole day’, ‘tomorrow’
Emphasises the speakers concern over how their love will withstand time.
Conduplictaio
‘purposed change and falsehood’, ‘no way but falsehood’
Implies women are false and unequal in their love, indicating a sense of anxiety in the speaker.
Pattern of hyperbolic arguments
‘Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?’, ‘Tomorrow when thou leav’st what wilt thou say?’
A sense of inring in his arguments conveys the speakers persuasiveness.