| Front | Thomas Hardy - At an Inn Explore: x4 The kiss their zeal foretold, And now deemed come, Came not: within his hold Love lingered numb. |
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| Back | •'their' in first line = pub dwellers - shift to 3rd person narrative shift as the story becomes less and less personal and relatable to the speaker •'his' refers to the speaker themself - powerful, God-like in holding something as vast as love •'love lingered' echoes 'living love' - but now dead - alliteration is shot down by adj 'numb', silencing the idea of hope •Juxtaposes polyptotons 'come' and 'came' (no words between them) to dramatise the negative reality + ends and begins stanzas this was to be emphatic and suspenseful. |
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