Salient Linguistic Features
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Use of meter – 10 syllabi per line (iambic pentameter) Use of rhyme – more/before, there/soe’er, flowers/bowers Use of metaphor – Metaphors for love: Music is the food of love Appetite is desire Music is like the wind – stealing and giving odour Spirit of love is like the sea – can not be captured Cupid is the hunter of the heart Orsino is like a hart who was shot by cupid Olivia is like a nun – veiled Eye-offending brine = tears Tears are seasoning the remembrance of her brother Liver, brain and heart = body, mind and spirit Sweet beds of flowers = bed Register – fairly formal but still whimsical – the scene takes place in a palace but revolves around a love sick Duke – highly educated characters but still “over the top” or exaggerated in their discussions about love. |
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