Front | Richard Lovelace - The Scrutiny Explore: 'Have I not loved thee much and long, A tedious twelve hours' space?' |
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Back | •'have I not loved' corrupts romantic love into sexual love •'tedious twelve' alliteration - harsh sound resembling disaproving tutting noise towards her wasting his time •or acoustic imagery of a clock ticking to emhpasise the passage of time •Here and later in the poem uses 'loved' as making 'love' not feeling 'love' => eros |
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