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How does Keats use language to create contrast?
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How does Keats use language to create contrast in stanzas I - XVIII? In Stanza XVIII, Porphyro is described as "burning" when we are told of his strong feelings for Madeline. The reader is told of the very active, alive emotions that Porphyro is experiencing. In Stanza IX, Porphyro is extremely aware of Madeline with his "heart on fire for Madeline". This contrasts with Madeline's cold, dreamy remoteness from everything and everyone around her. Stanzas V-VIII highlight on Madeline's disconnection from the world, since she is so oblivious to everything that is happening around her. "The music, yearning like a God in pain, She scarcely heard....came many a tiptoe...but she saw not: her heart was other where" (Stanza VIII).This stanza indicates the contrast between the awake and lively Porphyro and the sleepy and dreamy Madeline, who is so oblivious to everything that she does not even realise that Porphyro is in...
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