song (ae fond kiss) - robert burns

author context?

burns was a proto-romantic - influenced romantic poets

poem context?

true story about a scottish socialite moving to jamaica after an affair with the author

author context?

burns was a proto-romantic - influenced romantic poets

poem context?

true story about a scottish socialite moving to jamaica after an affair with the author

relation to gatsby? (2 points)

• both are about destructive love affairs and the idea that true love is unachievable

• use of past tense mirrors the lost love of daisy for gatsby

‘ae fond kiss, and then we sever’ - significance of ‘sever’?

violent language, suggests a permanent physical and emotional seperation

‘deep in heart-wrung tears i’ll pledge thee’ (2 points)

• ‘pledge’ - official language, reminds of a marriage ceremony

• ‘heart-wrung tears’ - image of intense grief

‘warring sighs and groans’ (2 points)

• use of onomatopoeia

• outward expression of pain in a time where men couldn’t show emotions - emphasizes this pain

examples of astrological imagery? (3 quotes)

• ‘star of hope’

• ‘cheerful twinkle’

• ‘dark despair’

‘i’ll never blame my partial fancy…my nancy’

‘partial’ adjective suggests superficial love, contrasted by possessive pronoun ‘my’

‘fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest! …thou best and dearest!’

fairest’, ‘dearest’ - superlatives, shows love for her appearance (objectifying)

‘had we never lov’d sae kindly, / had we never lov’d sae blindly!/ never met - or never parted, / we had never been broken-hearted’. technique?

anaphora - emphasises sorrow and time spent apart

quote showing objctification of women?

‘thine be likea…treasure’

‘peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure!’ significance?

‘peace’ and ‘love’ are innocent, ‘enjoyment’ and ‘pleasure’ are innuendos - mixing lust with love

the first stanza and the last are near identical. significance?

shows pain and yearning through the whole relationship