figurative language
A metaphor for core identity
What is "my blood approves"?
An image revealing the superiority of romance over knowledge
What is "and kisses are a better fate / than wisdom"?
A stylistic choice present in almost every line
What is enjambment?
A metaphor for the importance of living without being confined in fear of death
What is "And death i think is no parenthesis"?
An image of optimism, innocence, and purity
What is "wholly to be a fool / while Spring is in the world"?
An example of non-traditional capitalization
What is "lady i swear by all flowers. Don’t cry"?
What is "And death i think is no parenthesis"?
What is "while Spring is in the world"?
A self-reference of grammar and writing
What is "laugh, leaning back in my arms / for life’s not a paragraph"?
What is "And death i think is no parenthesis"?
What is "who pays any attention / to the syntax of things"?
An image of a partner's wants being more important than one's logic
What is "Don’t cry / —the best gesture of my brain is less than / your eyelids’ flutter which says / we are for each other:"?
An example of repetition
What is "will never wholly kiss you; / wholly to be a fool"?