| Front | Thomas Hardy - At an Inn Explore: x5 O severing sea and land, O laws of men, Ere death, once let us stand As we stood then! |
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| Back | •sibilance emphasises the divisions between them geographically (perhaps as a parallel to their emotional separation) between sea and land •'O' interjection is declarative + hyperbolic lexis •frustrated they never were + disappointment tone devoid of hope with persisting unreolved and harrowing feelings •Ends in '!' reinforces his compelling and emotive message with a poignant sense of resignedness •Perhaps conclusion coincides with another Victorian era poet Tennyson "Better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all." •polyptoton 'stand/stood' shows how he wants to bridge the gap between past and present & rekindle their love. |
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