Comments by Brooke Hartley Most recent public comments by Brooke Hartley https://nowcomment.com/users/93895 the sentence starts in the middle of the line, mirroring the content of the sentence when "moving through the crowd at their own pace," comparing the couple to the sentence and the crowd to the lines of the poem https://nowcomment.com/documents/266111?scroll_to=2415581 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266111?scroll_to=2415581 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 18:03:59 -0400 the couple's contrasting clothes to that of the tourists implies they are locals https://nowcomment.com/documents/266111?scroll_to=2415579 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266111?scroll_to=2415579 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:13:23 -0400 careful is capitalized, when nothing else is, making it stand out in the stanza. Grammatically it is a adverb and should be "carefully" which draws even more attention to the word https://nowcomment.com/documents/266111?scroll_to=2415576 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266111?scroll_to=2415576 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 17:57:20 -0400 before the women came over she was clearly desperate and devastated, but as soon as the women came she smiled "brightly at her" which shows she is presenting a persona that she unconsciously defaults to in hard situations https://nowcomment.com/documents/266110?scroll_to=2415574 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266110?scroll_to=2415574 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 17:53:27 -0400 the repetition throughout the piece of her repeating to herself and telling herself that she is fine, insisting on herself being fine, means she is most definitely not fine https://nowcomment.com/documents/266110?scroll_to=2415573 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266110?scroll_to=2415573 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:00:04 -0400 absinthe is a type of alcohol described as a highly alcoholic spirit- which implies that they both drink a lot, especially the woman https://nowcomment.com/documents/266110?scroll_to=2415572 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266110?scroll_to=2415572 absinthe is also anise-flavored, which tastes like licorice, and since she says that everything tastes like licorice probably means she drinks in abundance. Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:14:04 -0400 I didn't know what a hackney coach was so I looked it up :a four wheeled carriage pulled by horses https://nowcomment.com/documents/216034?scroll_to=2162099 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216034?scroll_to=2162099 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:43:59 -0400 There is lots of intense description and imagery throughout the poem https://nowcomment.com/documents/216034?scroll_to=2162090 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216034?scroll_to=2162090 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:41:14 -0400 Using the person's name makes that poem so much more personal and intimate. It creates a vulnerability to the piece, much like the Chimney Sweeper https://nowcomment.com/documents/216034?scroll_to=2162081 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216034?scroll_to=2162081 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:40:15 -0400 The structure is similar to the "Chimney Sweeper" with the rhyming at the end of each line, imitating a children's nursery rhyme https://nowcomment.com/documents/216034?scroll_to=2162047 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216034?scroll_to=2162047 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:38:21 -0400 She is so jealous she imagines herself hurting Helena, almost manifesting https://nowcomment.com/documents/216156?scroll_to=2144493 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216156?scroll_to=2144493 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:47:48 -0400 Lots of repetition. This shows her obsession with her self image and questioning why he chose Helena over her https://nowcomment.com/documents/216156?scroll_to=2144486 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216156?scroll_to=2144486 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:43:46 -0400 good catch- he is still upset, but not regretful, of killing Duncan https://nowcomment.com/documents/216153?scroll_to=2144484 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216153?scroll_to=2144484 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:41:06 -0400 I think it is important that this stanza is only one sentence, It brings extra emphasis on its meaning and the importance of the line https://nowcomment.com/documents/216153?scroll_to=2144482 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216153?scroll_to=2144482 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:38:31 -0400 he fears Banquo and fears his actions he makes when in power https://nowcomment.com/documents/216153?scroll_to=2144475 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216153?scroll_to=2144475 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:36:54 -0400 PERIOD https://nowcomment.com/documents/216031?scroll_to=2136837 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216031?scroll_to=2136837 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:36:30 -0400 I assume beweep means to cry. He feels so much like an outcast and so alone that it brings him to tears. And in the end, the only thing that heals that feeling is love https://nowcomment.com/documents/216031?scroll_to=2136836 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216031?scroll_to=2136836 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:35:57 -0400 He wishes himself and his life were different, more hopeful and lucky https://nowcomment.com/documents/216031?scroll_to=2136833 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216031?scroll_to=2136833 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:33:44 -0400 perjured definition: involving willfully told untruths. So he is admitting that he lies and he is the most guilty of these lies https://nowcomment.com/documents/216029?scroll_to=2136831 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216029?scroll_to=2136831 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:29:37 -0400 He is almost blaming her and accusing her but he too, is in the wrong- perjured https://nowcomment.com/documents/216029?scroll_to=2136830 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216029?scroll_to=2136830 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:28:31 -0400 the diction of forsworn implies that he can do without her and she knows he can do without her ("thou know'st") https://nowcomment.com/documents/216029?scroll_to=2136814 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216029?scroll_to=2136814 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:07 -0400 hi https://nowcomment.com/documents/216154?scroll_to=2136307 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216154?scroll_to=2136307 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:07:55 -0400