Structure
Cyclic
Why is it a cyclic structure?
Begins and ends by a pond
What is the tense?
Past moment being described in the present
What is the line length?
Quatrains (four)
How many quatrains are there?
4
What contrasts the imbalanced nature of the relationship?
Regular rhyme scheme
What does romanticism suggest? Why is archaic language used?
Historical form, stuck in the past
How many times is ‘and’ repeated?
11
We stood by a…
Pond that winter day
The sun was white…
As though chidden of God
Your eyes on me were…
Eyes that rove
The smile on your mouth…
Was the deadest thing
Like an ominous…
Bird
God curst…
Sun
A pond edged with…
Grayish leaves