| Front | Ernest Dowson - Non Sum Qualis... Explore: x2 'There fell they shadow' (L2) 'Then falls thy shadow' (L21) |
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| Back | •Cynara exists in the dark - in the present and past tense - lurking in the shadows, tormenting him with her absence. The polpytoton verb 'fall' suggests a dramatic re-entry of her memory. •Memories of former love - best days are behind him. Does he have a disposition towards melancholy? •'shadow' eclipsed in darkness, remnants of a whole + suggests previous light |
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