Loves Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d8e8z6
1. what is the struc- - two 8 line stanzas: ABABCDCD - Anacreontic to show
ture and form theme of natural pairs
- ABAB contrasted to irregular half rhymes- the unconven-
tional loosening and narcotic feeling that pain from love
gives
- trochaic meter: falling and tripping rhythm, growing pas-
sion and an air of musicality
- a-lot of enjambment
- extended metaphor
- cliched imagery
- a-lot of religious imagery even though he is an Atheist
- he phrases it as a philosophical question and ends each
stanza with a rhetoric
- punctuated with colons and semi colons- how long and
tiring love is or shows childlike
- polysyndetic listing - dramatic outburst and isolation
- pantheism?
2. ' The Fountains - personification
mingle with the - introduces the extended metaphor of nature
river And the - picturesque quality, shows romanticism, idealisation and
rivers with the one sided view
oceans' - juxtaposition of 'river' and ' fountains'
- enjambment mimics the soothing flow and puts her po-
sition as the intermediary
- trochee shows passion
3. word level analy- - 'fountains' emphasises on the picturesque scenery
sis: shows how he is bustling with excitement and elation.
- Almost is trying to reach out to her stable flow 'river' as
'fountains' - com- he is like a 'fountain' which is quite irregular, impulsive and
mon noun chaotic
- Or he is trying to dilute his emotions but like a river and
'river' - common fountain it is cyclical
noun
- 'river' symbolically corresponds to an established bound-
1/4
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d8e8z6
1. what is the struc- - two 8 line stanzas: ABABCDCD - Anacreontic to show
ture and form theme of natural pairs
- ABAB contrasted to irregular half rhymes- the unconven-
tional loosening and narcotic feeling that pain from love
gives
- trochaic meter: falling and tripping rhythm, growing pas-
sion and an air of musicality
- a-lot of enjambment
- extended metaphor
- cliched imagery
- a-lot of religious imagery even though he is an Atheist
- he phrases it as a philosophical question and ends each
stanza with a rhetoric
- punctuated with colons and semi colons- how long and
tiring love is or shows childlike
- polysyndetic listing - dramatic outburst and isolation
- pantheism?
2. ' The Fountains - personification
mingle with the - introduces the extended metaphor of nature
river And the - picturesque quality, shows romanticism, idealisation and
rivers with the one sided view
oceans' - juxtaposition of 'river' and ' fountains'
- enjambment mimics the soothing flow and puts her po-
sition as the intermediary
- trochee shows passion
3. word level analy- - 'fountains' emphasises on the picturesque scenery
sis: shows how he is bustling with excitement and elation.
- Almost is trying to reach out to her stable flow 'river' as
'fountains' - com- he is like a 'fountain' which is quite irregular, impulsive and
mon noun chaotic
- Or he is trying to dilute his emotions but like a river and
'river' - common fountain it is cyclical
noun
- 'river' symbolically corresponds to an established bound-
1/4
