| Front | A Song (Absent from thee) Language of excess and hyperbole x3 |
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| Back | •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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