As shown in the poem the narrator seems to hate her sister very much “who lurked with spy and peer” it’s a connotations of slyness and jealous. I think it’s a really evil relationship between the two sisters. Then she starts to describe the dead body of the lover “cold he lies, as cold as stone” it’s a connotations of his death, it’s a simile to show her comparison of his corpse to something hard and tough like ice. “C” sound is sharp to give the sense of touch and to show that the corpse is stabled.”With his clotted curls” she uses alliteration to give the sign of beauty of his face, she uses alliteration again “comeliest corpse “to tell us that he was a handsome and great guy and that she loved him from her heart that she says here “he was worthy of queen embrace” it’s metaphor shows royalty and she worships for his spirit, she also thinks that she is at high standard and she was worthy of him more than her sister. She thinks that she is queen and she is better than her sister.
The narrator feels so sorry for the lover death and wishes her sister hadn’t killed the lover and suggests her lover didn’t find her sister attractive anyway “you might have spared his soul” she loves him even after his death she uses a religious words “soul” it’s an act of jealousy .
“I had not been born at all “she is saying that if she hadn’t been born at all, the man would have never taken notice of her and not died. And then she blames her sister using second person narrator talking directly to her sister “he’d never looked at you “ it’s a sense of sarcasm and anger, she feels that she is better than her sister because he did look and loved her not her sister.
She starts to protect the family honour from what her sister did, and talking about where her family will be after their death, which shows that she believes in god and religious.“My father may sleep in paradise” saying that he was a loyal and he had an admirable life,”my mother at heaven gate” saying that her mum was acceptable and she may pass .and her dad would win a “golden gown” it’s alliteration to show dignity and that he was kind man in his life. “My mother a crown may win “she is saying that her mother had to work hard to get it. “Sister Maude shall get no sleep “ because she killed the lover horribly and her conscience wouldn’t let her sleep in peace , she is sending sister Maude to hell and says “ but sister Maude” she is saying “but” shows her slyness and sarcasm from her sister. “bide you with sin and death” really harsh description shows how evil and jealous her sister is, she curses her sister telling that there will be a justice which is hell and that she is different from any one in her family those will go heaven but she will stay at hell.
