Discuss the theme of 'anguish' in James Fenton's poem, 'In Paris With You'

In James Fenton's poem, the speaker expresses anguish at the romantic situation between himself and his lover through his use of coined terms. The speaker suggets his frustration at the unreciprocated love between himself and his lover in the rhyming couplet of 'wounded' and 'maroonded'. Here, the speaker coins the term 'maroonded' to express his pain within their relationship. Equally, this willingness to coin a term in order to meet the anticated rhyme scheme of a couplet suggests the speakers desire to conform to traditional notions of love poetry. Here, despite the frustration of the speaker in his romantic pursuit of the lover, Fenton shows the speakers adhernce to traditional forms of romantic poetry and thus suggests the speakers preoccupation with conventional romantic pursuit.

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