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Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda - Coggle Diagram
Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda
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queer
description of Rosania's body (not a blazon, but still very connected to the body and ethereal traits: "In lines so full of Spirit sure she lives; And to be with you, is that only spell can share with the bright Abodes; your Eyes, her heaven on Earth; your Noble Heart her Center" (130)
yes, giving body parts like eyes and heart, but more so speaking to the personality/the inner
"And the sweet intercourse your souls maintain'd, was of a Nature so refined; Of the fruits of Paradies; a Taste of those above" (130)
"Nor can these Charming Poems, so absolute over our affection, be themselves utterly insensible how Soveraign a bliss its to be yours" (131)
fear of being known: "No rembling at the Great ones frowne,/ Nor any slavery of State" (142 3-4)
"Constancy crime, friendship a heresy" (143 16)
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lines that go hard
"My Love, & life, I must confess, are thine,/ But not my errours, they are only mine." (131 3-4)
"That hasty Death was baffled in his Pride,/ Since nothing of thee but thy body dy'd" (138 27-8)
"Such fooles are we so fatally we choose,/ That what we most would keep, we soonest loose" (139 55-6)
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"For our two spirits did so long agree,/ You must undoe your self to ruine me" (143 19-20)
"I quit this pom of Death, & am content/ Having her heart, to be my monument" (145 17-8)