Nom Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae

Who did Ernest brown write the poem about?

An eleven-year-old he proposed to and was rejected by

It is a - structure

cyclical

What is the rhyming pattern and how does this impact the poem?

ABACBC which is regular but unusual emphasising both the constant that is his love but also the special quality that he believes it has

What is a thematic link to Gatsby

obsessive love and the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby

Gatsby quote it connects to:

‘Daisy tumbled short of his dreams

…because of the colossal vitality of his illusion’

Gatsby quote it connects to:

‘forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath,

his mind would never romp again like the mind of God’

Key quotes:

‘dancing to put thy

pale, lost, lilies out of mind’

Key quotes:

‘I cried for madder music

and stronger wine’

Key Quotes:

‘when the feat is finished 

and the lamps expired’

Key Quotes:

‘yea hungry for the

lips of my desire’

Which poems pair well with this poem?

She walks in beauty

Sonnet 116