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Sorry Okay just a few more on this poem And

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just get right to the question Here we go The

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primary function of the phrase shadow veiled as the years

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passed in line eighteen Right there That's where I got

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it from Lee didn't just make it up is what

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it's what to do What All right Well let's think

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about The poets often use shadows as metaphors to evoke

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a sense of carrying past sorrow and pain Right Just

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thinking of throwing shade there just a shadows Follow the

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poet So do these painful memories and emotions Well in

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this way the sorrows continue past Mir events or initial

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hurts or pain or paying Sze Yeah Now who said

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that Shmoop doesn't have a dark side Alright so C

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is the answer It highlights the continuance of our oh

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well Veils are traditionally warned of funerals suggesting that this

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metaphor could relate to the initial heartbreak like a would

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have you believe But because the speaker includes the idea

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of years passing the emphasis here is on the continuation

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of sorrow not the initial loss of love A shadow

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is sometimes used to mean that something is Justin illusion

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But the opening line really drives home the fact that

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love is gone period like de there And there's no

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mystery about it It's gone People get over it Yeah

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all right That's a dancer's see sorrow

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