Echo Flashcards

1854 (8 cards)

1
Q

context

A
  • Collinson
  • soul sleep - tractarian doctrine
  • expectations of female etiquette to mourn for 2 years after lovers death
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

meaning

A
  • 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
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

tone

A

desperate and longing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

“come in the speaking silence of a dream”

A

contradiction, uncertainty, communication through silence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

“sunlight on a stream”

A

peace, Tranquille memories

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

“love of finished years”

A

R knows of lost love

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
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
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

“pulse for pulse, breath for breath”

A
  • physical longing, closeness
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly