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| "The fountains mingle with the river" |
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| In the first stanza, Shelly uses personification to describe the fountains. He suggests that all these things mean nothing if he is not with her. |
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| The narrator intergrates religious imagery saying that it's God's law that has brought everything in nature together showing that his love for her is not only natural but Godly. |
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| "No sister-flower would be forgiven" |
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| The narrator claims that her lack of love for him goes against God's law and so is unforgivable. |
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| "What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?" |
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| The final line is monosyllabic which increases the impact of the question and also the childlike simplicity links to how simple it is for her to be with him. The final line is also seperated from the rest of the poem emphasising the narrators seperation from his lover. |
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| "See the mountains kiss high heaven" |
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| The use of physical language hints of his frustration that he can't kiss and clasp his lover. |
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