Aphra Behn Questions and Answers
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What is the meaning of "Love Armed" by Aphra Behn and what figures of speech does it use?
"Love Armed" by Aphra Behn portrays Love as a cruel tyrant using personification and hyperbole. The poem describes Love causing pain and heartbreak, personifying Love as sitting in "Triumph" and...
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What are the main ideas of Aphra Behn's "Love Armed" and "On Her Loving Two Equally"?
The main idea of Aphra Behn's "Love Armed" is the metaphorical depiction of love as a battle where the narrator suffers while her beloved remains unscathed. In "On Her Loving Two Equally," the...
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Aphra Behn's portrayal of divided passion in "On Her Loving Two Equally."
In "On Her Loving Two Equally," Aphra Behn portrays divided passion by expressing the speaker's conflict between two lovers. The poem explores the difficulty of choosing between Damon and Alexis,...
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In the poem "On Her Loving Two Equally," which lover does the speaker prefer?
She doesn't prefer either one of them to the other. The title tells you that she loves them both "equally". She says that Damon would never had gotten her heart if Alexis had not come...
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What are the themes of Aphra Behn's "On Her Loving Two Equally" and Charlotte Smith's "At the Close of Spring," and...
Both the theme of Aphra Behn's "On Her Loving Two Equally" and Charlotte Smith's "At the Close of Spring" may be expressed as the fervent passion of youth that yearns for more than one youth may...