Send a link to your students to track their progress
14 Terms
1
New cards
‘I love thee’
* Repetition shows her love for him
2
New cards
‘How do I love thee?’
* Complex, rhetorical question
3
New cards
‘depth and breadth and height’
* Triplet * Internal rhyme * Her love is 3D and cannot go any further
4
New cards
‘soul’
* Spiritual connotations * Shows love is internal and pure rather than just physical
5
New cards
‘Being’
* Her entire being loves him * Capitalised to emphasise
6
New cards
‘need’
* She needs him as much as air and water
7
New cards
‘candlelight’
* He is the light of her life * Similar to God or a divine being
8
New cards
‘freely’
* Not looking for anything in return
9
New cards
‘purely’
* No hidden agenda * Her love is genuine
10
New cards
‘griefs’
* Loves him with such intensity that it is similar to grief
11
New cards
‘childhood’s’
* Expression of innocence * Believing/trusting in purity * Her youthful side is brought out when he is around
12
New cards
‘With my lost saints’
* Others have failed her in life before * People she used to admire have lost her respect * Despite her trust issues she loves him * Line contains iambic pentameter - she might struggle to talk about her past or her heart is beating fast thinking about him
13
New cards
‘of all my life!’
* Exclamative * Excited to be with him for the rest of her life
14
New cards
‘if God choose’
* In God’s hands * The purity of their love is witnessed by God as it is that unique and special