Warming Her Pearls
Warming Her Pearls for Judith Radstone
Next to my own skin, her pearls. My mistress bids me wear them, warm them, until evening when I´ll brush her hair. At six, I place them round her cool, white throat. All day I think of her,
resting in the Yellow Room, contemplating silk or taffeta, which gown tonight? She fans herself whilst I work willingly, my slow heat entering each pearl. Slack on my neck, her rope.
She´s beautiful. I dream about her in my attic bed; picture her dancing with tall men, puzzled by my faint, persistent scent beneath her French perfume, her milky stones.
I dust her shoulders with a rabbit´s foot, watch the soft blush seep through her skin like an indolent sigh. In her looking-glass my red lips part as though I want to speak.
Full moon. Her carriage brings her home. I see her every movement in my head.... Undressing, taking off her jewels, her slim hand reaching for the case, slipping naked into bed, the way
she always does.... And I lie here awake, knowing the pearls are cooling even now in the room where my mistress sleeps. All night
I feel their absence and I burn.
* A maid & a mistress * Maid idolizes her, mistress is very attractive * Strong, passionate, intense , sensual love * Maid has a very close contact with mistress * Mistress Does not need or job or have a job
Rests in the room all day
Maids helps to comb mistress hair & puts pearl necklace on to keep her warm when pearl necklace is cold
I dust her shoulders with a rabbit´s foot, watch the soft blush seep through her skin- acknowledgement of love
I dream about her in my attic bed- maid dreaming mistress in her bed
Full Moon
Significance of ellipsis
Repetition-her & she- doesn’t have a name
Sibilance/Assonance/Alliteration
Internal Rhyme
Next to my own skin, her pearls- juxtaposition of my & her
Cool white throat- descriptive & sexual
Wear them, warm them- refer to
Next to my own skin, her pearls. My mistress bids me wear them, warm them, until evening when I´ll brush her hair. At six, I place them round her cool, white throat. All day I think of her,
resting in the Yellow Room, contemplating silk or taffeta, which gown tonight? She fans herself whilst I work willingly, my slow heat entering each pearl. Slack on my neck, her rope.
She´s beautiful. I dream about her in my attic bed; picture her dancing with tall men, puzzled by my faint, persistent scent beneath her French perfume, her milky stones.
I dust her shoulders with a rabbit´s foot, watch the soft blush seep through her skin like an indolent sigh. In her looking-glass my red lips part as though I want to speak.
Full moon. Her carriage brings her home. I see her every movement in my head.... Undressing, taking off her jewels, her slim hand reaching for the case, slipping naked into bed, the way
she always does.... And I lie here awake, knowing the pearls are cooling even now in the room where my mistress sleeps. All night
I feel their absence and I burn.
* A maid & a mistress * Maid idolizes her, mistress is very attractive * Strong, passionate, intense , sensual love * Maid has a very close contact with mistress * Mistress Does not need or job or have a job
Rests in the room all day
Maids helps to comb mistress hair & puts pearl necklace on to keep her warm when pearl necklace is cold
I dust her shoulders with a rabbit´s foot, watch the soft blush seep through her skin- acknowledgement of love
I dream about her in my attic bed- maid dreaming mistress in her bed
Full Moon
Significance of ellipsis
Repetition-her & she- doesn’t have a name
Sibilance/Assonance/Alliteration
Internal Rhyme
Next to my own skin, her pearls- juxtaposition of my & her
Cool white throat- descriptive & sexual
Wear them, warm them- refer to