1
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context
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- Collinson
- soul sleep - tractarian doctrine
- expectations of female etiquette to mourn for 2 years after lovers death
2
Q
meaning
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- speaker cannot reunite until heaven with dead loved one
- speaker, mourning loss of beloved wants to be permanently reunited in the afterlife
-> until then dreams and memories is all they have, speaker takes refuge in dreams and memories
-» their loss makes present hard to bear
3
Q
tone
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desperate and longing
4
Q
“come in the speaking silence of a dream”
A
contradiction, uncertainty, communication through silence
5
Q
“sunlight on a stream”
A
peace, Tranquille memories
6
Q
“love of finished years”
A
R knows of lost love
7
Q
“paradise” and “thirsting longing eyes watch the slow door”
A
- heaven offers respite = finally meet
- wine and wafer in church
- stuck, imprisoned, tinged with a sense of dread, separation from loved ones, contradiction of perfection - paradise, taking too long
8
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“pulse for pulse, breath for breath”
A
- physical longing, closeness
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