| Front | A Song (Absent from thee) Sound effects x2 |
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| Back | •Consonance of the /w/ sound in ‘When wearied with a world of Woe’ adds auditory gravitas to his description of the sexual exhaustion he will feel •Hissing sibilance in ‘some base heart unblest; faithless to thee, false’ as he seems at once repulsed and yet attracted to rakish behaviour and the accompanying sin. |
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