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Fond Ae Loss Robert Burns Song Kiss Explore

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Robert Burns - Song (Ae Fond Kiss)

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Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;

Ae fareweel, and then for ever!

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•'fond' platonic vs 'heart wrung' => highly emotive register is a deep rooted feeling that acts as visual image for his libertine opposition to social parameters

•'sever' connotations irrevocable permanence + physical rather than just emotional => loss of her tangible presence

• End-stopping adds weight to the realisation of his loss + sense of finality

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