Love’s Farewell
Micheal Drayton
1. SINCE there’s no help, come let us kiss and part, -
- Let’s just kill and say goodbye
- Ending relationship
- Hopeless situation that can’t be solved
2. Nay I have done, you get no more of me;
- It is over
3. And i am glad, ya, glad with all my heart,
- Emphasising it’s over
4. That thus so cleanly I myself can free;
- Walking away from lover
- Possessive pronouns, adamant about his feelings
5. Shake hands for ever, cancel all our vows,
- farewell
6. And when we meet at any time again,
- Saying goodbye
7. Be it not seen in either of our brows
- No evidence they were in love
8. That we one jot of former love retain.
- Not in the smallest way
- No evidence they loved earth other
- Made up his mind that it is over
- Developing theme of love
- Group pronouns, about each other, referring to them as couple
9. Now at the last gasp of love’s latest breath,
- Love is dying, about to give up
- Personified love
- Struggling to continue
10. When his pulse failing, passion speechless lies,
- “P” alliteration = emotional aspect of love dying
11. When faith is kneeling by his bed of death,
- Little bit of love still left for her
12. And innocence is closing up his eyes,
- Deathbed scene dramatic scene
- Third person pronouns, love pulling away from both
Micheal Drayton
1. SINCE there’s no help, come let us kiss and part, -
- Let’s just kill and say goodbye
- Ending relationship
- Hopeless situation that can’t be solved
2. Nay I have done, you get no more of me;
- It is over
3. And i am glad, ya, glad with all my heart,
- Emphasising it’s over
4. That thus so cleanly I myself can free;
- Walking away from lover
- Possessive pronouns, adamant about his feelings
5. Shake hands for ever, cancel all our vows,
- farewell
6. And when we meet at any time again,
- Saying goodbye
7. Be it not seen in either of our brows
- No evidence they were in love
8. That we one jot of former love retain.
- Not in the smallest way
- No evidence they loved earth other
- Made up his mind that it is over
- Developing theme of love
- Group pronouns, about each other, referring to them as couple
9. Now at the last gasp of love’s latest breath,
- Love is dying, about to give up
- Personified love
- Struggling to continue
10. When his pulse failing, passion speechless lies,
- “P” alliteration = emotional aspect of love dying
11. When faith is kneeling by his bed of death,
- Little bit of love still left for her
12. And innocence is closing up his eyes,
- Deathbed scene dramatic scene
- Third person pronouns, love pulling away from both
