Paradox (impossible existance)

4 Quatrains (typical Victorian poem)

Themes:

Love (Links to The school boy and To Autumn)

Death and loss

Grief

Hope (she's still with him)

Key quotes:

''woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me'' = ductile (stress on the first word)

''call to me'' - imperative

''But as at first, when our day was fair'' - Coordinating conjunction, Caesura (hint to a sudden sensation or shock as his love is no longer with him)

Structure:

4 quatrains

Change in tense- past to present

Cyclical structure- starts and ends with same word ''woman''

AB AB rhyme scheme

da dum syllable pattern - like a heart beat

3, 6 line stanzas aka. sestets all of which are Iambic pentameters

beginning is about the meeting of Black and White like a yin yang.

3rd stanzas honing in on the individual features of the woman's face building a composite picture that speaks of inner goodness, peace and love.

Themes:

love