| Front | Form of A Song (Absent from thee) John Wilmot (3) |
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| Back | •dramatic monologue directly addressing his ‘Dear’ with ‘thee’ begins with the unkind rhetorical question disregarding her wish to know when he will return to her from his philandering •echoes the arrogance and opportunism of other Cavalier poems where a male persona addresses a disempowered female. •classic lyric - outpouring of emotion + 1st person |
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