Lord Byron: 'When We Two Parted' Mr Bruff Analysis

[@deborahrobertsoncartwright8176]

This is one of the few channels that breaks down structure and form of a poem in such a precise and clear way.

[@lucytoyne3577]

Sad poem about losing a loved one, about affair he had, but doesn’t fit his personality. He wrote other similar poems, common theme of love and relationship and all of them included betrayal from thte woman, not all published, paints himself as a loving man but the woman ruins it, he is victim, ‘thy vows are all broken’. His style then shifted when he got a new wife. Knower how he wanted to be perceived by people and aware of how he was actually perceived. 1- when they spit up crying and heartbreaking the cold moment for shadows the future. 2- that morning the due stuck to his skin he hears people speak her name and is sad about what they did. 3- people are talking about her and it kills him why did he like her. 4- met in secret, grieving alone she tricked him and will feel the same if they meet again. Accentual verse. Same amount of stressed syllables per line, 2 in each line even through the amount of syllables in each line differs, 5&7 break this and contain 3. This is when he knows he no longer loves him, she started to feel cold and this reflects the shock he felt Sensory description, pointing out the relationship was about only sense and now thing more . Half broken hearted - only one or both of them part? Interpretation he was broken she was not Rhyme scheme of a sonnet at the start broken by a full stop he felt fondly of her up till this point then felt cheated and she has broken a vow. Stop to his feelings. Ambiguity to ‘vows all broken’ that they made to each other and not marriage but might be as sacred They name thee before me... knell in thine ear. held feeling s for years and is upset when hears of her affairs People around didn’t know they had slept together. Past to present then future all in one poem. Suggests the pain he feels will last forever Thou and thee - already out of fashion but he still used it reflects the sacred love as thee is used in wedding vows expresses intimacy Ends like it began, repetition circular nature, he cannot get over the love In secret we met in silence I grieve, repeating his torture and pain he feels In silence I grieve should be I grieve in silence , poetic inversion, puts emphasis on the silence, his reaction is silent even th ugh he is a poet indicating he is broken

[@ginaleigh2710]

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[@ren7171]

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[@a_pseudonymous3932]

In silence I grieve should be I grieve in silence lies

[@stefanjay1736]

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[@hk4560]

Stefanjay what poem did you get?

[@s.s4661]

Stop ur scaring me

[@felixshetty7930]

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[@Lunar-zs2hp]

yessir

[@stefanjay1736]

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[@bam4021]

@@leightonskelton697 "during lessons yes school your doing it right" We're on about two completely different parts, but if you were intelligent enough then you'd realize what part I was on about.

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[@mrbruff]

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[@lantempo]

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[@mrbruff]

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[@ArtyEffem]

"for starters your amazing" - Call yourself an English student?

[@shannons6188]

11 hours till exam and i decide to revise now #GCSE2019 #Englishlit2019

[@LHP14]

Shannon Swift same

[@tomshawuk]

@@LHP14 Same lol. Are you pulling an all nighter?

[@LHP14]

Tom Shaw im about to head off to bed and cram it all in in the morning, no sleep won’t do any good 😂

[@archjanasivasuthan6252]

@@tomshawuk I am, lol. I need to revise AIC, 15 poems and philosophy and ethics. Woohoo.

[@matthew8253]

I've got my mocks to do and I'm shitting it I've already done crap in my previous English tests and my parents dont know that the tests are this week they know its before Christmas but they dont know it's this week I want to cry I'm so upset I dont want to disappoint them but I know I will when I fail I want to go tell them but I know they'll get really bad but I want to cry and hug my mom but she'll be furious if I tell her

[@leahcollins8037]

Aaaaahhhhh exam tomorrow! Thanks for all your help +mrbruff it's really helped! Fingers crossed for a 7 or 8!!

[@mais1060]

Leah Collins how did it go?

[@sage3449]

EXACTLY! I wanna know.

[@zoec4938]

What poem did you get?

[@mais1060]

Zoe Clarke I know you’re asking Leah, but if it’s any help I got a question about ‘growing up’ in Mother Any Distance :) x

[@zoec4938]

Doggo Kiddo That is very helpful, thank you. Aw i love that poem, did it go well for you (your gcses)? Hopefully we get a family one this year as i like those over love ones

[@arielelroy200]

what a brilliant video, if this comes up in the exam i could feed off so many marks, thank a lot hope the others are as good as this one. Definitely liking and subscribing.

[@mrbruff]

+Ariel Elroy thanks!

[@assia4002]

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[@mrbruff]

Glad I could help!

[@nickandmikec]

Mr. Bruff is a much better teacher than was mine years ago.

[@anislittletvshow]

I got 26/30 on my comparison with When We Two Parted and Neutral Tones - your video helped SOOO much , THANK YOUUU :D

[@mrbruff]

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[@evelyntaylor8502]

Was SO helpful and gave me a clearer insight into deeper meaning, thank you so much!!!!

[@mrbruff]

Great!

[@jnnc.x]

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You are soooo useful you are just helping me so much to get through my GCSEs and just be ahead

[@mrbruff]

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[@ellasmith9195]

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[@karmajeweled]

This makes me enjoy poetry - always seemed too difficult to grasp. THANK YOU :))

[@mrbruff]

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You are making my english prep so much easier: thank you

[@deborahrobertsoncartwright8176]

Learning about the structure of this poem was key to understanding its deeper meaning. Thanks!

[@KIKI-co1ue]

This video is amazing, thank you so much! The amount of detail and context actually makes this poem and engaging for me and is really helpful.

[@mrbruff]

Glad to help!

[@Itsme-ck2ke]

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[@CM9inez]

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[@gracewhittaker1843]

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[@faz2135]

at 'thy vows are all broken' does the rhyme scheme stop or the sonnet form? how and why? I'm confused

[@bavitra2183]

sonnet form stops

[@alextagg4872]

how much would you advise writing about context? would it be better as it's own separate point or integrated into other ideas?

[@jse3449]

thank you so much!! i was struggling to analyse this poem and many other in the collection but this has helped me greatly.

[@mrbruff]

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[@ashamossang5769]

Mr. Bruff greater than our English teacher!!

[@mackenzilla7]

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[@loveen3186]

Can i say that , it could be argued that the poetic inversion of this line puts an emphasis on the importance of how he cannot express his pain due to this being a secret affair?

[@EconomicExpression]

he sounds like he died having had a fulfilled life... lucky guy

[@Luigiman-rc9fi]

I'm not doing love and relationships, I'm doing power and conflict, but I just like poetry now. Is that weird?

[@keyvanrahaei5448]

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[@charlotte-alicedarnton3031]

Lol who has mocks tomorrow and only started revising poems at 5.00 and released each one is about 30 mins🙋🏼‍♀️

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[@mrbruff]

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[@jodieheathertaylor6400]

Last minute revision thanks

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[@mrbruff]

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[@umarkass6870]

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[@leahpurcell2935]

this is so useful, what poems would you recommend i compare when we two parted too?

[@ipodzonly123]

Neutral tones

[@kay-wx2uw]

'A Complaint' by Wordsworth is a good choice.

[@mai_0905]

Winter swans

[@bibslonng5521]

Exam is on friday and I am here watching every video to help me lol fmll

[@jamesknight8331]

Wow, I even enjoyed that video - thanks.

[@jayavyas9374]

could I say that the fact that Byron (or the speaker) valued this love affair so much like a marriage, represents why his feelings are so deep about this lover in the poem? and because he wasn't yet married, it could suggest that the fact that he seems to talk about vows with alot of his lovers in the poems, that he wanted to be part of marriage and maybe was jelous of his love affairs because they were married and he wasnt at the time? Its quite complicated and long :(

[@mrbruff]

Might be a stretch too far outside of what we know as fact

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[@jamesgraham6492]

20:16 looks like the deluxo in GTA

[@danfrost1041]

Helped me a lot! if I'd watched these before my mock I would have easily beaten a 6! Hopefully i can in the real thing..

[@sweetaneeka118]

Which book shall I buy for the analysis of all the Love and Relationship poems please?

[@albrimberisha4910]

First of all thank you, it was really helpful, second if anyone could jump into the discussion of how the lovers really separate from each other? didn't get this part, thanks in advance

[@glcn214]

Thank you so much this is helping me a lot

[@mrbruff]

+Gl Cn great

[@evie1611]

mocks in 4 weeks

[@aswanidas7001]

Really helpful sir

[@tobi7559]

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[@mrbruff]

+Tobi Bello thank you!

[@woioioioioioiii6664]

If this poem comes up in the exam what other poems will I be able to link it to ?

[@nazish5065]

sir how much should a grade 9 student be aiming to write? btw amazing video, much more sophisticated points than my textbook ! much appreciated :)

[@2012BEASTYBOY]

In this video you said that the rhyme scheme ended, but it still carries on throughout the poem. So how does the poem stop following a sonnet form at 'the vows are all broken'. Great video nonetheless

[@mrbruff]

+Sam Samuels because for a sonnet it should have been a GG rhyme scheme there- a rhyming couplet. Explained fully in the poetry guide at mrbruff.com

[@deets1250]

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[@duo_official]

How much A03 (context) should we do for this question? Should it be context per each paragraph?

[@mrbruff]

If you look in my English Literature playlist you’ll find a video where I show how much context was included in a full marks answer.

[@isabelread5513]

Thank You!

[@youreconfused6368]

Wheres the anaphora? Which lines were repeated because no lines were entirely repeated

[@kkhan1856]

If this poem comes up i'm fine; what is the chance of that though? By the way was that correct use of semi colon because I did it without even thinking, just replaced fanboy 'but' and saw the two sentences would have made sense on their own.Would like a response if this is how you use a semicolon because they love those in English language section B. Thanks :)

[@nicholasmatta9047]

Thanks Man this helped a lot!

[@mrbruff]

+Nicho BoyHD good

[@louisehardman9500]

This is so ironic! My English teacher is called Mr Byron and we call him Lord Byron and it was our last lesson with him yesterday hahaha.

[@mrbruff]

+Louise Hardman haha

[@ett7055]

Soooo useful thank you.

[@mrbruff]

great!

[@LA-to3nm]

Can u say that the accentual verse of 2stressed syllables represents his heartbeat and so when it’s broken his hear beats faster (3 stressed syllables in one line) because of the shock he felt or would that not make sense coz of the normal line between them which follows the accentual verse ???

[@PuREL4zZyIAMz]

why have you delete the WJEC unit 2 playlist?! It was so helpful and I have my exam on Monday!!

[@mrbruff]

+Dan-Get2CoverAirsoft oops! Sorry. Videos are still there but not in a playlist

[@PuREL4zZyIAMz]

+mrbruff ok I better get searching haha

[@abcabcd4020]

Very useful ☺ThnQ

[@amostexcellentdude751]

what poem would i compare this to in the exam?

[@rubytiger02627]

Walking away x

[@mrFredmaestro]

neutrel tones

[@gm836]

neutral tones

[@devangani3705]

love's philosophy

[@marleighj381]

It’s Christmas holiday and my teacher set 10 paragraphs and analyse the love and relationship part of the aqa booklet 😭😭

[@melanierodway1908]

What should I compare this poem with please reply

[@promise.4162]

maybe neutral tones, farmers bride or winter swans (what my teacher said anyway)

[@keyvanrahaei5448]

DEFO neutral tones, porphyria's lover woulld be good, if you can explore the death and frustration. not so much others tbh

[@lynnxx2136]

wow this was really heplfull thank u so much xx

[@emmacole2296]

Is everything you say in these analysis videos in your book?

[@thegeographicalterm5974]

2024 gcse gl guys

[@Rokkzz]

Gl

[@armohammad3146]

Thank you

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very excellent content ❤❤❤❤

[@anonymousbeing2418]

thank you mrbruff can u do more grade 9 analysis on poems from the aqa power & conflict anthology

[@mrbruff]

+ccol kid I shall do them all! Stay subscribed :)

[@chantelrobinson5267]

Have you done before you were mine or the farmers bride? I would like you to do that please :)

[@RaNdomTv7575]

What attitudes towards break ups in the 19th century could i discuss? :)

[@catherine4690]

Just a note to myself: Context up to 5;20

[@MissCherryGirlxx]

Are we assessed on historical context in poetry?

[@icepker123]

yes

[@keyvanrahaei5448]

yes

[@SuperWazin]

Are these knew GCSEs more difficult in content than the GCSE English Lang and Lit just sat?

[@mrbruff]

Yes

[@veeariella4l554]

Who’s in the school library an hour before the exam

[@outofthegoldfishbowletcete762]

11:00 starts talking about the actual poem!

[@nikitaxo8846]

context is important mate

[@outofthegoldfishbowletcete762]

Nikita xo yeah was just as a note to myself

[@hasranman]

Is this A level stuff or GCSE stuff for next year?

[@mrbruff]

+Heirio next year's Gcse

[@bennythomasgopuran2502]

16:44 but sir, doesn’t now rhyme with brow and broken with spoken?

[@mrbruff]

Yes. My point is that the rhyme scheme up to the line 'thy vows are all broken' is ABABCDCDEFEF, which is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet. Following that form, the next two lines should rhyme (GG) but they don't. So the poem breaks from the rhyme scheme of a sonnet on the line 'thy vows are all broken'.

[@bennythomasgopuran2502]

@@mrbruff ohh i see, thank you sir your videos are amazing

[@alxwaysaziza2692]

​@@mrbruff Would comparing this poem with sonnet 29 make for a good complex comparison? I havent seen many compare the 2, and the similarities between them are evident... im my opinion of course 😀

[@user-cz1pk8ru2j]

What software do you use to make the presentation and the video?

[@mrbruff]

+Rydsim prezi

[@user-cz1pk8ru2j]

mrbruff Great video btw, many thanks 👍

[@sherlyns8203]

Hi Mr. Bruff, quick question - Will writing about context be assessed and will reference to the poet's lives or situations be of any use to me? Im getting a bit mixed up about which sections context is assessed in and how i should go about referring to it. Thanks for your help.

[@arielelroy200]

They both will be assessed in different ways. Context will be assessed in assessment objective two by the examiner while the poets life will be assessed in assessment objective 3 by the examiner. You get 12 marks in total for AO2 and 10 marks in total for AO3. So you aren't confused, AO2 isnt only about context its also about work level analysis, structure and from, while AO3 is just all about wider reading which shows you have gone beyond to search about the poets life, who he was, who the poem was about and how it relates to his other poems. Hope this helped!

[@AbuLuq]

I have a question- why do we first, in the video, learn about the background of the poem and stanzas which are not there? Do we have to write about it in the exam?

[@mrbruff]

context is now assessed in the exam so bring it into an answer if it is relevant

[@karishmathottempudi5953]

At 16:38 it says the rhyme scheme has broken but it hasn’t though... Can someone please explain

[@JeloMello]

In a sonnet the rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEFGG but this is ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH instead of GG at the end

[@PogbaMUFC6]

What word did you say that begins with A at 22:15? Thanks

[@LyricsAndTears]

Anaphora :)

[@harxman]

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[@hellohello9242]

When doing pee, would it better to embed the quotations in or write for example "The quotation which suggests this is........"?

[@mrbruff]

+Hello Hello embed

[@KudzaiBure]

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[@lewisbriggs1604]

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[@Adam.Lloyd71]

Can someone send me quotes from all poems to do with love and relationship

[@missv9101]

Here I am, an hour before my exam, stressing🪴😌

[@name.surname.9707]

Lord Byron? more like Lord bi-ron ok I'm sorry i'm leaving

[@zachgerber5669]

legend