A Song of Faith Forsworn Summary & Analysis
by John Warren (Lord de Tabley)

A Song of Faith Forsworn Summary & Analysis
by John Warren (Lord de Tabley)

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A dramatic monologue from the late Victorian era, "A Song of Faith Forsworn" addresses a dishonest lover with righteous fury. Its speaker is a woman who believes her male partner (a suitor or husband) has cheated on her—or, at least, settled for her after a more passionate romance with someone else. Feeling betrayed, she tells him off and rejects his attempts to win her back. Her condemnation takes on vivid religious overtones, as she effectively damns her two-timing lover to hell. "A Song of Faith Forsworn" was collected in Lord De Tabley's Poems, Dramatic and Lyrical in 1893.

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