Diction; Lexical fields Language (2) Verbs Epithets Transferred epithets (2) Oxymoron Kenning

Pain - 'ill', 'ache', 'hurt'; immense pain associated with nostalgia Colloquial - 'Hearing tell of it' Poetic - 'opened a book to the scent of her youth' (synaesthetic) Almost exclusively in the past tense - the poem explores the yearn for the past Contrasting - 'fine air', 'heavier air' 'dull, crude coins clenched'; describes the cold nature of the mercenaries, stereotyped as unfeeling 'sad pipes' reflects the strength that nostalgia has on the mercenaries 'fearful of a sweet pain in the heart'; confusion in dealing with this new, unnamed emotion (C.R to J.Keats) 'dwindling light of the plains'; highly romantic, poetic visual image