In Paris With You

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Funnily enough, this is not the only book out this year that was inspired by Eugene Onegin: see also Philip Hensher’s The Friendly Ones.]

Is the speaker therefore using ‘Paris’ as a metaphor for love or lost love too ? We have to wait and see how this voice untangles his tale..and of course there is no guarantee the speaker is male..we never know the identities or genders of either the I or the you…this makes the poem open to all sorts of possible sexual intimacies..The story took you from the characters during their teenage years to the current time with the characters. The love story wasn't too far fetched, but I really didn't care for the ending too much. I like my romances to have a happy ending and this one was just, eh.. whatever, for me. Individually, these resources are worth more than double the price of the bundle, meaning that you can make a considerable saving!

The third and fourth stanzas are very interesting. The speaker asks if it is possible to miss the tour of Paris including the most famous landmarks (Notre Dame etc) and stay in the 'sleazy hotel room' instead. One reading would suggest that this is a wonderfully romantic gesture with the lovers staying in bed rather than going on a sightseeing tour. However, the word 'sleazy' bothers me as I'm not convinced that the speaker is being ironic and making a joke about staying bed for more "sleazy" purposes. The two stanzas flow into one another using enjambment to show that this thought process is taking place in the same moment. The poet establishes the setting of a 'sleazy' hotel room which contrasts nicely with what a reader would usually expect of a love poem taking place in Paris. My impression is that the poet and the speaker are trying to be purposefully ambiguous (no obvious meaning). The scene it meant to be a little bit sleazy and a little bit romantic, which befits the idea of a person throwing themselves into a new relationship when the wounds of the last one have not yet healed. These people are only just getting to know each other and 'learn' about each other and what they are. The word 'what' suggests that the speaker isn't sure what is going on and what his or her role in all this actually is. The line 'doing this and that' is an awkward phrase that refers to them having sex, but why dress it in such an awkward way? Does this imply that the speaker is a little ashamed by what's going on, or is it just a playful joke about having some naughty sex in a sleazy hotel room in Paris? It isn't clear and it isn't meant to be, after all love, passion and even brief encounters are exciting yet extremely complex and confusing experiences.

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But the ending drove me nuts. It reminded me of the movie “Love Rosie”. That we-are-both-in-love-with-each-other-but-won’t-dare-to-admit-it-lest-we-get-hurt trope. One in which makes me annoyed to no end. I just can’t relate holding in such feelings and emotions like that for so long. It just feels stupid to me and I only ever come across such stupidity as a means to dramatise books/movies. But hey that’s just me.

And I loved, loved , loved reading about Eugene’s thoughts: the way he processed his feelings and thoughts was quite similar to mine. Especially when he kept on thinking about unimportant things during the most important events that were happening to him. In addition to this, the lesson on comparing poems is also included - essential for exam technique!

The repeated “I’m in Paris with you”, and variations on it, form a refrain — i.e. the repeated lines in a poem or song. The repetition reflects the narrator’s emotional state of mind.

It is clear that the narrator has been through the wringer. He (I assume the narrator is male, though this is not stated) seemingly is trying to reassure his partner that they are not taking advantage of him. It is in this stanza it is revealed that the narrator is in fact on the “rebound”. There is a quirky choice of words as the narrator uses the word “bound” To denote their location, but this has sexual connotations of being tied up. Once more we see the refrain about being “in Paris with you” at the end of the stanza. The poem is a monologue in which the first person narrator — we can assume the poet — describes his state of mind while on holiday in Paris with a new friend. His previous relationship has ended and he explains that he is “on the rebound”, and wishes to enjoy a less serious liaison. of brushing against Tatiana—the crowd was pressed tight together as everyone pushed toward the exit— This is one of the most important questions you can ask of any text. When you read this poem, you notice an ‘I’ is speaking. They are a first person narrator telling their own ‘story.’ This does not necessarily mean that they are speaking the truth of course. Sometimes first person narrators are very UNRELIABLE and FALLIBLE.As we all are!

The line “Am I embarrassing you? ” adds to the sense of the exuberant, teasing attitude of the speaker. Attitudes, themes and ideas The poem is about surfacing from a long-term relationship but not thinking about it in the aftermath. It is about enjoying a time of closeness without having to take responsibility for the past or the future. “I’m in Paris with you” is a mantra (a repeated sound or phrase that can transform you) which contains the key theme of enjoying the present. In Paris with You rejects the traditional concerns of romance. One way in which the poets present their ideas about the pain of love is through their use of imagery with their poems. For example, they both use metaphors about being ‘wounded’. Fenton’s line ‘I’m one of your talking wounded’ adopts a pun which relates to the expression ‘walking wounded’, used by soldiers to imply resilience. He feels as though love has previously ‘wounded’ him, if not actually finished him off. Similarly, continuing with the theme of violence, Duffy uses an extended metaphor throughout the whole poem which presents the break-up of her relationship as a gunfight in a Western movie. Lexis such as ‘trigger’, ‘silver bullets’, ‘wide of the mark’ and ‘blast me’ presents the effect of breaking up as wounding her physically. The format of how this novel is written is just gorgeous. I've never seen a book written like this, it felt to me like an entire new reading experience. And I'm not surprised that it was such a success in France, the author's home country.But that’s not even all there is to it. My full name is Clémentine Morgane Mélusine Hécate Beauvais.