So We'Ll Go No More a Roving

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Show how language is used in Lord Byron’s “So We’ll Go No More a Roving” to communicate a sense of loss and regret. The poem So We’ll Go No More A-Roving written by Lord Byron reveals a sense of remorse and bereavement at the fact that aspects of his body cannot keep up with his insatiable love of parties and other night activities. Byron unfolds this dissatisfaction through a variety of language that has been interspersed throughout the course of the poem. Byron has used diction in So We’ll Go No More A-Roving by employing words such as “So”, “yet” and “Though”, which are present during the entire poem and all convey an idea of bereavement. The first word of the poem, which is “So”, suggests to the reader that the enjoyable days of Byron’s life have come to a close and that this is the end of everything. It carries a strong tone of resignation with it, which adds to the heavy, sombre mood of the poem. Another word which Byron has used is “Though” at the start of the final stanza. “Though” suggests regret in a slightly different way than “So”. When “Though” is used it is almost like it is natural that the “night was made for loving” and that Byron is going against the will of nature itself if he does not love. Finally, the word “Yet” acts as a final sending off for the wants of Byron, when it is used in the penultimate line of the poem. It carries with it an idea that the good times will never return and it is possibly this word which is burdened with the greatest amount of lamentation in the entire poem. Thus, Byron’s word choice suggests an idea of grief to the reader. Lord Byron has also used cataloguing in the second stanza, by using “And” in three consecutive lines. When Byron uses this cataloguing, he is effectively slowing down the rhythm and hence, his mood is reflected. The slowness indicates at his inability to move on and forget his past habits and
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