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Byron frequently uses lexis from the semantic field of death to emphasise the significance of the speaker’s suffering. The tactile imagery used in “pale grew thy cheek and cold, // Colder thy kiss” acts as a metaphor to compare the speaker’s former lover with a dead body.
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The notion of the finality of death and the persistence of a passionate but realistic love points to the major themes of Remember, and poses questions as to what constitutes true love and remembrance .
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Synopsis. The speaker introduces his father who works on their family farm. He compliments his father’s aptitude for the work he does. Focuses specifically on how good he is at working with machinery and the fields. Compares his own clumsy behaviour and nature to his father’s abilities. Mentions how his father would give him a ride on his back.
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Sep 23, 2011 · Love is colder than death : the life and times of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. by. Katz, Robert, 1933-. Publication date. 1987. Topics. Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982, Motion picture producers and directors. Publisher. New York : Random House.
Aug 29, 2024 · 'How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43)', written by the Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, can be considered a tribute to love. The poem is a traditional sonnet expressing an intense and passionate relationship. 'How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43)' breakdown. Lines 1–4 “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
The mostly regular dactylic metre could reflect ideas about the inevitable death of love, only slipping in the final stanza where some beats are dropped in lines 1, 5 and 6. The speaker describes his ex-lover using typically Romantic vocabulary associated with death – ‘pale’, ‘cold’, ‘knell’ – to represent their love.
In a way that is not yet clear, this love must bear experiences of depersonalization and infiniteness that Hegel initially relates to confrontation with death. For this reason, it would be more than poetic license to say, paraphrasing Fassbinder, that he is the promise of a love colder than death.
