| Front | Ernest Dowson - Non Sum Qualis... Explore4: x4 And I am desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, hungry for the lips of my desire: I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion. |
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| Back | •quietus (death) imagery throughout •moves from past to present tense + exchanges connective ‘but’ to ‘and’ as he becomes resigned, accepts despondency that he will never recover => ends poem with pessimism •’hungry’ is gravenous appetite imagery with anatomical ‘lips’ – sensual desire •contrasts Victorian ideal of constraint and moderation => foreshadows modern behaviour of indulgence since the swinging sixties with the introduction of recreational drugs, advanced technologies, capitalism + endorsed by fast-food chains |
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