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This is an excerpt from "When We Two Parted" by Lord Byron.


They name thee before me,

A knell to mine ear;

A shudder comes o'er me—

Why wert thou so dear?

They know not I knew thee,

Who knew thee too well:--

Long, long shall I rue thee,

Too deeply to tell.


In secret we met—

In silence I grieve,

That thy heart could forget,

Thy spirit deceive.

If I should meet thee

After long years,

How should I greet thee!--

With silence and tears.

What is its overall tone?

A. somber

B. distressful

C. bittersweet

D. joyful

Respuesta :

The main theme of the poem is the regret and sorrow the narrator feels about the end of his relationship with the woman in the poem, described only as "you." The poem suggests that the woman may well have been the one to break off the affair: Pale grew thy cheek and col

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