Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 9 AIL 0830 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Consequence, Not a Turn
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The idea
The couplet says that perceiving this makes the beloved's love more strong, to love that well which he must leave before long. It draws a consequence from the three images rather than reversing them. A couplet can conclude as well as turn, and the difference is examinable.
In practice
It concludes; it does not reverse.
Where people slip
Two things a couplet can do.
Your place on the trail
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