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Language Song Absent Thee)  Excess Hyperbole X3 Hyperbolic

Front A Song (Absent from thee) 
Language of excess and hyperbole x3
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•Hyperbolic register characterises the speaker as theatrical, self-indulgent and disconnected from his lady’s feelings ; he speaks of ‘Languish / kill / torments  / tears my fixt Heart/ world of Woe’ 
•He employs language with semantics of pain and suffering – his own of course, and not all of it sincere. 
•Non-grammatical capitalisation shows his LIBERTINE, subversive character as he breaks rules and simultaneously lends emphasis and drama to his self-critique ‘Fool’ and lewd fantasy ‘Fantastick mind’.

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