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5 REFERENT The two uses of “it” refer to two 5 15 Absence, because it doth removee
Those things which elemented it.
different referents, introducing ambiguity. The Those things which elemented it.
first “it” refers to “absence,” and the second “it” 6 But we by a love so much refined,
But we by a love so much refined,
may refer to the “dull sublunary lovers’ love.” That our selves know not what it is,
That our selves know not what it is,
“Those things” that animate lesser relationships Inter-assured of the mind,20
may refer to materialistic factors.
7 20 Care less, eyes, lips, and hands to miss.
and hands to miss.
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6 SPEAKER The speaker believes that he and Our two souls therefore, which are one,
his beloved share a spiritual bond that not even 8 Though I must go, endure not yet
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Though I must go, endure not yet
death can break. Confident that their relationship A breach, but an expansion,
will carry on despite his death, he relies on both 9 Like gold to airy thinness beat. 25
Like gold to airy thinness beat.25
logical reasoning and his own emotional passion
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to resolve the tension of what is usually a well- 10 25 If they be two, they are two soo so
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As stiff twin compasses are two;
defined ending. As stiff twin compasses are two;
Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
7 SPEAKER The speaker says that because To move, but doth, if the other do.
To move, but doth, if the other do.
he and his love are so assured of their spiritual
bond, they couldn’t care less about physicality; And though it in the center sit,30
Yet when the other far doth roam,
however, “care less” can sound like the adjective 11 30 Y et when the other far doth r oam,
It leans and hearkens after it,
“careless,” as in physical bodies may experience It leans and hearkens after it,
moments of carelessness where they miss each And grows erect, as that comes home.
other. 12 Such wilt thou be to me, who must,
Such wilt thou be to me, who must,
Like th’ other foot, obliquely run;35
8 CONFLICT The speaker identifies that he
Thy firmness makes my circle just,cle just,
must go (a euphemism for death). 13 35 Th y firmness makes m y cir
And makes me end where I begun.
And makes me end where I begun.
9 SIMILE The lovers’ bond is compared to a
strip of gold that is struck repeatedly; the material
is lengthened, and remains unbroken.
10 METAPHOR The speaker compares his
and his lover’s souls to a drafting compass, an
instrument that has two separate arms.
11 METAPHOR The speaker indicates that while
his spirit will live on in another plane, their souls
will still pull toward each other.
12 REFERENT The speaker’s tone becomes
more intimate; he addresses his lover directly The photograph by Chandan
(“thou”) for the first time. Chakraborty shows the compass Chandan Chakraborty/EyeEm/Getty Images
at work.
13 METAPHOR The speaker figuratively What do circles represent to you?
compares his soul (through his death) to the part How can a circle translate to a
of the compass that must move (depart from) the human experience?
other leg. The two parts must work in tandem to
create a circle, which symbolizes the eternal.
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CREATIVE WRITING COMPREHENSION CHECK
Writing a Valediction 1. The speaker asserts that he and his spouse share such a “refined” love that even if they were
Remind students of Amanda Gorman’s apart, their “eyes, lips, and _______” would not even miss or notice the distance. [hands]
statement: “Poetry is the lens we use to 2. Similarly to how righteous men die quietly, the speaker hopes that he and his love can depart
interrogate the history we stand on and the future and, in doing so, “make no _______.” [noise]
we stand for.” 3. The speaker says that some lovers cannot be apart from one another because “[a]bsence . . .
Prompt: Ask students to write a “valediction” or doth remove / Those things which _________ [their love].” [elemented]
farewell to high school. They can write this in the 4. The speaker says that he and his spouse have “two souls” which are “____.” [one]
form of a speech given to their family at a
graduation party, at the school for their class or 5. At the conclusion of the poem, the speaker addresses his spouse by saying, “Thy firmness
the entire student body to hear, or just to makes my ______ just, / And makes me end where I begun.” [circle]
themselves.
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