eart, to the Heart
Tibullus, the inspo for many writers.
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the true genuine Sentiments of his Heart
That's not what Johnson thinks
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Fetters
Shackles / chain for the feet, like prisoner.
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Jove
Roman name for Zeus
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Venus,
Focuses on the falling in love portion.
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O Juno
symbol of life long commitment like marriage
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ll
all
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emulative
copying something achieved by someone else and trying to do it as well as they have.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/emulative#google_vignette
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swain
like servent
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O Memory! tell them what they once enjoyed;Tell them how hard had seemed a parent’s laws,To bar their union—tell them they’d have died
the writer wants the parents to remember of a time they were in love, to remember how they once had to rebel for their own love.
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dream.dream
repetition at the end of some lines. Does it create more meaning when repeating the words?
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Aonian
of or relating to the Greek district of Aonia or to the Muses
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Tibullus
the inspiration of both Hammond and Lettice.
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Arcadia
A place heaven-like, a place where love can be shown naturally.
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She thinks she reads them, and she says, “they please.”
imagines what her response would be
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tumult
A loud, confused, or noisy commotion.
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e’en
even
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my breast
The language here is peculiar. I wonder if this was his writing style or if it was common to say.
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