The Dark Side of Love: A Close Reading of “Porphyria’s Lover”

in this essay, you will close read  “Porphyria’s Lover,” poem. 
You must look up at least four specific words in the Oxford English Dictionary (located in the QC Library Databases) to help broaden the 
possible interpretations of the poem. Also, use some of the literary
terms we have learned (such as alliteration, repetition, assonance, 
enjambment, symbolism, connotation, and tone) to analyze the text and figure out its possible meanings. 
Also, all ideas and observations in this paper should be your own. Do not use articles analyzing
the poem that you’ve found on the internet or on Chat GPT. 
That is plagiarism. 
No outside research is allowed. It’s not important that you talk about 
where the poet was born, where they lived, their family life, etc
3 full pages until the end and then page 4 can be resources. 

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