Love's Philosophy

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Across
  1. 2. The speaker states that ‘Nothing in the world is …’, a detail he uses to try and persuade his lover to be intimate with him.
  2. 7. The flow of the verse is halted or interrupted by which punctuation?
  3. 9. The mountains kissing ‘high heaven’ and waves clasping ‘one another’ is an example of which language technique?
  4. 10. A verb that suggests things mixing together.
  5. 13. The opening lines run into each other, which mimics how powerfully the water flows. This structural technique is known as ….
  6. 14. The speaker says that ‘All things by a law …’ mingle together. Here he is suggesting that this is God’s law – which he uses to try and persuade his lover.
  7. 16. The … used at the end of each stanza suggests that if all things in nature seem to be paired up with other things it seems unreasonable that she is not being united with him.
  8. 17. Which sound imagery is used to link ‘single’ and ‘mingle’?
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  1. 1. ‘The sunlight … the earth / And the moonbeams kiss the sea’ – more examples of the harmony between different aspects of nature.
  2. 2. The … of the stanzas is interesting because each stanza ends with a question, which reflects the speaker’s longing and frustration.
  3. 3. The poem might be seen as a powerful expression of l…g for intimacy with a partner.
  4. 4. Which kind of word is sweet in the image 'sweet emotion'?
  5. 5. The words in the following quotations are all m…c and show how the speaker is simply frustrated: ‘Why not I with thine?’ and ‘If thou kiss not me?’
  6. 6. Gentle sound imagery evident in 'sunlight clasps' and 'moonbeams kiss the sea'.
  7. 8. Like Byron, Shelley is known as a … poet. These poets were particularly interested in nature, passion and powerful feelings.
  8. 11. At the opening of the poem, the speaker indicates that fountains mix with the river and rivers with the ….
  9. 12. The … , ‘Love’s Philosophy’ is significant as it suggests the speaker is thinking about, and reflecting on, the nature of romantic love.
  10. 15. The poem is about a personal situation and is written in the first person, so it might be described as a ....