| Front | Ernest Dowson - Non Sum Qualis... Explore1: x3 Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my sould between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, |
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| Back | •'betwixt' and 'yesternight' are archaic (old-fashioned) language typical of fin de siècle work => tone of self-dramatising + intensity of time and actions happening recently •features spontaneous speech 'ah' and 'yea' => raw, sincere + confessional •Line 4 each stanza heavy sibilance 'desolate/sick/passion' - sorrowful or anger? self-pity? + lovesickness&isolation => depicting love as a mechanism of control over us - neg |
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