| Front | Thomas Hardy - At an Inn Explore: x3 Yet never the love-light shone Between us there! But that which chilled the breath Of afternoon, |
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| Back | •Adverb 'yet' expresses how they were built up to something more than they were up until now •Adverb 'never' has loaded weight •juxtaposition of 'shone' and 'chilled' to show contrast between fantasy and reality + suggests cold in their actions towards each other •Exclamation mark because of his incredulity and sense of injustice that they cannot be together. This is at odds with the previous lulling rhythm – another contradiction in the poem suggesting things are not as they should be. |
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