Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 9 AIL 0817 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Volta at Line Nine
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The idea
Line nine opens with the word yet, and the poem turns on it. Yet in these thoughts himself almost despising, he happens to think on the beloved. One conjunction, placed at the head of the ninth line, is the entire structural hinge of the poem.
In practice
One word turns the whole poem.
Where people slip
Yet, at the head of line nine.
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