| Front | Thomas Hardy - At an Inn Explore: x4 When we as strangers sought Their catering care, |
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| Back | •'we' first person plural is inclusive and presumptuous? debatable if direct address or not •sibilance is hushed and secretive - are they guilty of wanting to pursue a forbidden love? •Sibilance clashes with c alliteration as private jars with public - or shows the exclusivity of people in love, cut off from the rest of the world? •Time phrase conjunction 'when' fixes their relationship in the past with a nostalgic tone |
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