ENGL 1F95 Lecture : Lecture 4
Document Summary
Interpretive and analytical data for constable"s my lady"s presence makes the roses red. Main comparison in the poems links lady"s power to sun"s power, as both make flowers grow. Roses and lilies are personified in the opening 4 lines of the poem, and are described as experiencing shame and envy . The volta refers to the virtue of all the flowers; The final 2 lines explain that the water that helps the flowers grow comes from the speaker"s tears. The use of the phrase in brief at the volta tends to undermine a sense of developing narrative. Difficult to get sense of love for woman. Critical argument about constable"s my lady"s presence makes the roses red . Though constable"s poem is, on the surface, a celebration of the lady"s power, the representation of that power undermines this surface reading. A: shakespeare is picking up on conventional imagery.
